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A major genetic locus controlling natural Plasmodium falciparum infection is shared by East and West African Anopheles gambiae

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dc.contributor.authorRiehle, Michelle M.en
dc.contributor.authorMarkianos, Kyriacosen
dc.contributor.authorLambrechts, Louisen
dc.contributor.authorXia, Aien
dc.contributor.authorSharakhov, Igor V.en
dc.contributor.authorKoella, Jacob C.en
dc.contributor.authorVernick, Kenneth D.en
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T12:12:16Zen
dc.date.available2012-08-24T12:12:16Zen
dc.date.issued2007-07-06en
dc.date.updated2012-08-24T12:12:16Zen
dc.description.abstractBackground Genetic linkage mapping identified a region of chromosome 2L in the Anopheles gambiae genome that exerts major control over natural infection by Plasmodium falciparum. This 2L Plasmodium-resistance interval was mapped in mosquitoes from a natural population in Mali, West Africa, and controls the numbers of P. falciparum oocysts that develop on the vector midgut. An important question is whether genetic variation with respect to Plasmodium-resistance exists across Africa, and if so whether the same or multiple geographically distinct resistance mechanisms are responsible for the trait. Methods To identify P falciparum resistance loci in pedigrees generated and infected in Kenya, East Africa, 28 microsatellite loci were typed across the mosquito genome. Genetic linkage mapping was used to detect significant linkage between genotype and numbers of midgut oocysts surviving to 7-8 days post-infection. Results A major malaria-control locus was identified on chromosome 2L in East African mosquitoes, in the same apparent position originally identified from the West African population. Presence of this resistance locus explains 75% of parasite free mosquitoes. The Kenyan resistance locus is named EA_Pfin1 (East Africa_ Plasmodium falciparum Infection Intensity). Conclusion Detection of a malaria-control locus at the same chromosomal location in both East and West African mosquitoes indicates that, to the level of genetic resolution of the analysis, the same mechanism of Plasmodium-resistance, or a mechanism controlled by the same genomic region, is found across Africa, and thus probably operates in A. gambiae throughout its entire range.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
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dc.identifier.citationMalaria Journal. 2007 Jul 06;6(1):87en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-87en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/18929en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.holderMichelle M Riehle et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleA major genetic locus controlling natural Plasmodium falciparum infection is shared by East and West African Anopheles gambiaeen
dc.title.serialMalaria Journalen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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