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Home / Archives for Berzosa P

Malaria determining risk factors at the household level in two rural villages of mainland Equatorial Guinea

  • Autores: Guerra M, de Sousa B, Ndong-Mabale N, Berzosa P, Arez AP
  • Ano de Publicação: 2018
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29776367

BACKGROUND: After the introduction of an artemisinin-based combination therapy, the reduction of prevalence of malaria infections has shown a remarkable progress during the last decade. However due to the lack of a consistent malaria control programme and socioeconomic inequalities, Plasmodium infection is still one of the major cause of disease in Equatorial Guinea, namely in […]
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Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in continental Equatorial Guinea before and after introduction of artemisinin based combination therapy

  • Autores: Arez AP, Berzosa P, de Sousa B, Guerra M, Mendes C, Ndong-Mabale N, Neres R, Salgueiro P
  • Ano de Publicação: 2017
  • Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Link: http://aac.asm.org/content/61/1/e02556-15.full%20

Efforts to control malaria may affect malaria parasite genetic variability and drug resistance, the latter of which is associated with genetic events that promote mechanisms to escape drug action. The worldwide spread of drug resistance has been a major obstacle to controlling Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and thus the study of the origin and spread of associated mutations […]
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Geographic structuring of the Plasmodium falciparum sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (PfSERCA) gene diversity

  • Autores: Alecrim Md, Benito A, Berzosa P, Bouchier C, Cravo P, Ekala MT, Fandeur T, Ferreira C, Ferreira ID, Gribaldo S, Jambou R, Kim N, Legrand E, Martinelli A, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Niang M, Pharath L, Pinto J, Vieira PP, Volnay B
  • Journal: PLoS One
  • Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Geographic+structuring+of+the+Plasmodium+falciparum+Sarco(endo)plasmic+reticulum+Ca2%2B+ATPase+(PfSERCA)+gene+diversity

Artemisinin, a thapsigargin-like sesquiterpene has been shown to inhibit the Plasmodium falciparum sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase PfSERCA. To collect baseline pfserca sequence information before field deployment of Artemisinin-based Combination therapies that may select mutant parasites, we conducted a sequence analysis of 100 isolates from multiple sites in Africa, Asia and South America. Coding sequence diversity was […]
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Genetic diversity and signatures of selection of drug resistance in Plasmodium populations from both human and mosquito hosts in continental Equatorial Guinea

  • Autores: Arez AP, Benito A, Berzosa P, Cano J, de Sousa B, Do Rosário VE, Gonzalez V, Mendes C, Salgueiro P
  • Ano de Publicação: 2013
  • Journal: Malaria Journal
  • Link: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/12/1/114

In Plasmodium, the high level of genetic diversity and the interactions established by co-infecting parasite populations within the same host may be a source of selection on pathogen virulence and drug resistance. As different patterns have already been described in humans and mosquitoes, parasite diversity and population structure should be studied in both hosts to properly assess their effects on infection and transmission dynamics. This study aimed to characterize the circulating populations of Plasmodium spp and Plasmodium falciparum from a combined set of human blood and mosquito samples gathered in mainland Equatorial Guinea. Further, the origin and evolution of anti-malarial resistance in this area, where malaria remains a major public health problem were traced.
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Mapping of mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-atpase (pfATP6) gene in samples from equatorial guinea (Central Africa) unexposed to artemisinin-based combination therapy.

  • Autores: Benito A, Berzosa P, Charle P, Cravo P, Fernandez-Martinez A, Mula P
  • Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=13&SID=2CbhBUDoSw8ZkFBEQLW&page=1&doc=1

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