Insecticide treated curtains and allelic polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum genes in a rural area of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

A. Chiucchiuini; H. Babiker; L. Ranford-Cartwright; N. Cuzin-Ouattara; I. Nebié; S. N. Cousens; D. Walliker; Fulvio Esposito

Insecticide treated curtains and allelic polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum genes in a rural area of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

A. Chiucchiuini, H. Babiker, L. Ranford-Cartwright, N. Cuzin-Ouattara, I. Nebié, S. N. Cousens, D. Walliker, Fulvio Esposito^*

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Abstract

To assess the possible impact of insecticide treated curtains (ITC) on the composition of a Plasmodium falciparum population in a rural area of Burkina Faso, blood samples were collected during the rainy season of 1997 from 226 children aged 3-6 years, from 4 villages equipped with ITC and 2 control villages without ITC. The analysis of fragment lengths of 3 highly polymorphic P. falciparum genes (msp-1, msp-2 and glurp) revealed a maximum number of 3 alleles per infected person for each gene. The mean number of clones per infected person was similar in villages with and without ITC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Number of pages	4
Journal	Parassitologia
Volume	43
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

Anopheles
Insecticide-treated materials
Malaria
Plasmodium

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Insecticide treated curtains and allelic polymorphism of Plasmodium falciparum genes in a rural area of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

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