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Article ; Online: Investigating the etiologies of non-malarial febrile illness in Senegal using metagenomic sequencing.

2024 Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 747

Abstract: The worldwide decline in malaria incidence is revealing the extensive burden of non-malarial febrile illness (NMFI), which remains poorly understood and difficult to diagnose. To characterize NMFI in Senegal, we collected venous blood and clinical ... ...

Abstract	The worldwide decline in malaria incidence is revealing the extensive burden of non-malarial febrile illness (NMFI), which remains poorly understood and difficult to diagnose. To characterize NMFI in Senegal, we collected venous blood and clinical metadata in a cross-sectional study of febrile patients and healthy controls in a low malaria burden area. Using 16S and untargeted sequencing, we detected viral, bacterial, or eukaryotic pathogens in 23% (38/163) of NMFI cases. Bacteria were the most common, with relapsing fever Borrelia and spotted fever Rickettsia found in 15.5% and 3.8% of cases, respectively. Four viral pathogens were found in a total of 7 febrile cases (3.5%). Sequencing also detected undiagnosed Plasmodium, including one putative P. ovale infection. We developed a logistic regression model that can distinguish Borrelia from NMFIs with similar presentation based on symptoms and vital signs (F1 score: 0.823). These results highlight the challenge and importance of improved diagnostics, especially for Borrelia, to support diagnosis and surveillance.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Senegal/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Malaria/diagnosis ; Malaria/epidemiology ; Plasmodium ; Fever/epidemiology ; Borrelia/genetics
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-01-25
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2553671-0
ISSN	2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
ISSN (online)	2041-1723
ISSN	2041-1723
DOI	10.1038/s41467-024-44800-7
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Article ; Online: Quality assessment of malaria microscopic diagnosis at the Aristide Le Dantec University Hospital of Dakar, Senegal, in 2020.

Garba, Mamane N / Dème, Awa B / Diongue, Khadim / Diédhiou, Younousse / Mbaye, Amadou M / Dia, NDèye M / Seck, N'Dèye A / Zoumarou, Daba / Ndiaye, Lamine / Yade, Mamadou S / Dièye, Baba / Sène, Aita / Tine, Abdoulaye / Touré, Mariama / Gadiaga, Nogaye / Fall, Awa / Ngom, Bassirou / Sow, Djiby / Ndiaye, Aliou /

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2024 Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 68

Abstract: Background: Following WHO guidelines, microscopy is the gold standard for malaria diagnosis in endemic countries. The Parasitology-Mycology laboratory (LPM) is the National Reference Laboratory and is currently undergoing ISO 15189 accreditation. In ... ...

Abstract	Background: Following WHO guidelines, microscopy is the gold standard for malaria diagnosis in endemic countries. The Parasitology-Mycology laboratory (LPM) is the National Reference Laboratory and is currently undergoing ISO 15189 accreditation. In this context, we assessed the performance of the laboratory by confirming the reliability and the accuracy of results obtained in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 15189 standards. This study aimed to verify the method of microscopic diagnosis of malaria at the LPM, in the Aristide Le Dantec hospital (HALD) in Dakar, Senegal. Methods: This is a validation/verification study conducted from June to August 2020. Twenty (20) microscopic slides of thick/thin blood smear with known parasite densities (PD) selected from the Cheick Anta Diop University malaria slide bank in Dakar were used for this assessment. Six (6) were used to assess microscopists' ability to determine PD and fourteen (14) slides were used for detection (positive vs negative) and identification of parasites. Four (4) LPM-HALD microscopists read and recorded their results on prepared sheets. Data analysis was done with Microsoft Excel 2010 software. Results: A minimum threshold of 50% concordance was used for comparison. Of the twenty (20) slides read, 100% concordance was obtained on eight (8) detection (positive vs negative) slides. Four (4) out of the six (6) parasite density evaluation slides obtained a concordance of less than 50%. Thirteen (13) out of the fourteen (14) identification slides obtained a concordance greater than 50%. Only one (1) identification slide obtained zero agreement from the microscopists. For species identification a concordance greater than 80% was noted and the microscopists obtained scores between 0.20 and 0.4 on a scale of 0 to 1 for parasite density reading. The microscopists obtained 100% precision, sensitivity, specificity and both negative and positive predictive values. Conclusion: This work demonstrated that the microscopic method of malaria diagnosis used in the LPM/HALD is in accordance with the requirements of WHO and ISO 15189. Further training of microscopists may be needed to maintain competency.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Senegal ; Reproducibility of Results ; Malaria/diagnosis ; Malaria/parasitology ; Laboratories ; Hospitals, University
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-03-09
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2413336-X
ISSN	1756-0500 ; 1756-0500
ISSN (online)	1756-0500
ISSN	1756-0500
DOI	10.1186/s13104-023-06571-0
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Article ; Online: Ex vivo susceptibility and genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Pikine, Senegal.

Mbaye, Aminata / Gaye, Amy / Dieye, Baba / Ndiaye, Yaye D / Bei, Amy K / Affara, Muna / Deme, Awa B / Yade, Mamadou S / Diongue, Khadim / Ndiaye, Ibrahima M / Ndiaye, Tolla / Sy, Mouhamed / Sy, Ngayo / Koita, Ousmane / Krogstad, Donald J / Volkman, Sarah / Nwakanma, Davis / Ndiaye, Daouda

Malaria journal

2017 Volume 16, Issue 1, Page(s) 250

Abstract: Background: The monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum sensitivity to anti-malarial drugs is a necessity for effective case management of malaria. This species is characterized by a strong resistance to anti-malarial drugs. In Senegal, the first cases of ... ...

Abstract	Background: The monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum sensitivity to anti-malarial drugs is a necessity for effective case management of malaria. This species is characterized by a strong resistance to anti-malarial drugs. In Senegal, the first cases of chloroquine resistance were reported in the Dakar region in 1988 with nearly 7% population prevalence, reaching 47% by 1990. It is in this context that sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine temporarily replaced chloroquine as first line treatment in 2003, pending the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy in 2006. The purpose of this study is to assess the ex vivo sensitivity to different anti-malarial drugs of the P. falciparum population from Pikine. Methods: Fifty-four samples were collected from patients with non-complicated malaria and aged between 2 and 20 years in the Deggo health centre in Pikine in 2014. An assay in which parasites are stained with 4', 6-di-amidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), was used to study the ex vivo sensitivity of isolates to chloroquine, amodiaquine, piperaquine, pyrimethamine, and dihydroartemisinin. High resolution melting was used for genotyping of pfdhps, pfdhfr, pfmdr1, and pfcrt genes. Results: The mean IC Conclusion: An increase in sensitivity of isolates to chloroquine was observed. A high sensitivity to dihydroartemisinin was observed; whereas, a decrease in sensitivity to pyrimethamine was observed in the parasite population from Pikine.
MeSH term(s)	Adolescent ; Amodiaquine/pharmacology ; Antimalarials/pharmacology ; Artemisinins/pharmacology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chloroquine/pharmacology ; DNA, Protozoan/chemistry ; DNA, Protozoan/isolation & purification ; Drug Resistance/genetics ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Genotype ; Genotyping Techniques ; Humans ; Indoles ; Inhibitory Concentration 50 ; Malaria/parasitology ; Mutation ; Parasitic Sensitivity Tests ; Plasmodium falciparum/classification ; Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects ; Plasmodium falciparum/genetics ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Pyrimethamine/pharmacology ; Quinolines/pharmacology ; Senegal ; Young Adult
Chemical Substances	Antimalarials ; Artemisinins ; DNA, Protozoan ; Fluorescent Dyes ; Indoles ; Quinolines ; Amodiaquine (220236ED28) ; DAPI (47165-04-8) ; artenimol (6A9O50735X) ; Chloroquine (886U3H6UFF) ; piperaquine (A0HV2Q956Y) ; Pyrimethamine (Z3614QOX8W)
Language	English
Publishing date	2017-06-14
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article
ISSN	1475-2875
ISSN (online)	1475-2875
DOI	10.1186/s12936-017-1897-6
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Article ; Online: High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations.

Malaria journal

2017 Volume 16, Issue 1, Page(s) 153

Abstract: Background: Emergence and spread of drug resistance to every anti-malarial used to date, creates an urgent need for development of sensitive, specific and field-deployable molecular tools for detection and surveillance of validated drug resistance ... ...

Abstract	Background: Emergence and spread of drug resistance to every anti-malarial used to date, creates an urgent need for development of sensitive, specific and field-deployable molecular tools for detection and surveillance of validated drug resistance markers. Such tools would allow early detection of mutations in resistance loci. The aim of this study was to compare common population signatures and drug resistance marker frequencies between two populations with different levels of malaria endemicity and history of anti-malarial drug use: Tanzania and Sénégal. This was accomplished by implementing a high resolution melting assay to study molecular markers of drug resistance as compared to polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR/RFLP) methodology. Methods: Fifty blood samples were collected each from a lowly malaria endemic site (Sénégal), and a highly malaria endemic site (Tanzania) from patients presenting with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at clinic. Data representing the DHFR were derived using both PCR-RFLP and HRM assay; while genotyping data representing the DHPS were evaluated in Senegal and Tanzania using HRM. Msp genotyping analysis was used to characterize the multiplicity of infection in both countries. Results: A high prevalence of samples harbouring mutant DHFR alleles was observed in both population using both genotyping techniques. HRM was better able to detect mixed alleles compared to PCR/RFLP for DHFR codon 51 in Tanzania; and only HRM was able to detect mixed infections from Senegal. A high prevalence of mutant alleles in DHFR (codons 51, 59, 108) and DHPS (codon 437) were found among samples from Sénégal while no mutations were observed at DHPS codons 540 and 581, from both countries. Overall, the frequency of samples harbouring either a single DHFR mutation (S108N) or double mutation in DHFR (C59R/S108N) was greater in Sénégal compared to Tanzania. Conclusion: Here the results demonstrate that HRM is a rapid, sensitive, and field-deployable alternative technique to PCR-RFLP genotyping that is useful in populations harbouring more than one parasite genome (polygenomic infections). In this study, a high levels of resistance polymorphisms was observed in both dhfr and dhps, among samples from Tanzania and Sénégal. A routine monitoring by molecular markers can be a way to detect emergence of resistance involving a change in the treatment policy.
MeSH term(s)	Adolescent ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Dihydropteroate Synthase/genetics ; Drug Resistance ; Genotype ; Genotyping Techniques/methods ; Humans ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques/methods ; Plasmodium/drug effects ; Plasmodium/enzymology ; Plasmodium/genetics ; Point-of-Care Systems ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Senegal ; Tanzania ; Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase/genetics ; Transition Temperature ; Young Adult
Chemical Substances	Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase (EC 1.5.1.3) ; Dihydropteroate Synthase (EC 2.5.1.15)
Language	English
Publishing date	2017-04-19
Publishing country	England
Document type	Evaluation Study ; Journal Article
ISSN	1475-2875
ISSN (online)	1475-2875
DOI	10.1186/s12936-017-1811-2
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Article ; Online: Selection of N86F184D1246 haplotype of Pfmrd1 gene by artemether-lumefantrine drug pressure on Plasmodium falciparum populations in Senegal.

Malaria journal

2016 Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 433

Abstract: Background: The use of artemisinin as a monotherapy resulted in the emergence of artemisinin resistance in 2005 in Southeast Asia. Monitoring of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is critical in order to detect and prevent the spread of resistance in ...

Abstract	Background: The use of artemisinin as a monotherapy resulted in the emergence of artemisinin resistance in 2005 in Southeast Asia. Monitoring of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is critical in order to detect and prevent the spread of resistance in endemic areas. Ex vivo studies and genotyping of molecular markers of resistance can be used as part of this routine monitoring strategy. One gene that has been associated in some ACT partner drug resistance is the Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance protein 1 (pfmdr1) gene. The purpose of this study was to assess the drug susceptibility of P. falciparum populations from Thiès, Senegal by ex vivo assay and typing molecular markers of resistance to drug components of ACT currently used for treatment. Methods: The ex vivo susceptibility of 170 P. falciparum isolates to chloroquine, amodiaquine, lumefantrine, artesunate, and artemether was determined using the DAPI ex vivo assay. The high resolution melting technique was used to genotype the pfmdr1 gene at codons 86, 184 and 1246. Results: A significant decrease in IC50 values was observed between 2012 and 2013: from 13.84 to 6.484 for amodiaquine, 173.4 to 113.2 for lumefantrine, and 39.72 to 18.29 for chloroquine, respectively. Increase of the wild haplotype NYD and the decrease of the mutant haplotype NFD (79 and 62.26 %) was also observed. A correlation was observed between the wild type allele Y184 in pfmdr1 and higher IC50 for all drugs, except amodiaquine. Conclusion: This study has shown an increase in sensitivity over the span of two transmission seasons, marked by an increase in the WT alleles at pfmdr1. Continuous the monitoring of the ACT used for treatment of uncomplicated malaria will be helpful.
MeSH term(s)	Adolescent ; Antimalarials/pharmacology ; Antimalarials/therapeutic use ; Artemisinins/pharmacology ; Artemisinins/therapeutic use ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Drug Combinations ; Ethanolamines/pharmacology ; Ethanolamines/therapeutic use ; Female ; Fluorenes/pharmacology ; Fluorenes/therapeutic use ; Gene Frequency ; Genetics, Population ; Genotyping Techniques ; Haplotypes ; Humans ; Malaria, Falciparum/parasitology ; Male ; Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/genetics ; Plasmodium falciparum/classification ; Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects ; Plasmodium falciparum/genetics ; Selection, Genetic ; Senegal ; Young Adult
Chemical Substances	Antimalarials ; Artemisinins ; Drug Combinations ; Ethanolamines ; Fluorenes ; Mdr1 protein, Plasmodium falciparum ; Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins ; artemether-lumefantrine combination
Language	English
Publishing date	2016--25
Publishing country	England
Document type	Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
ISSN	1475-2875
ISSN (online)	1475-2875
DOI	10.1186/s12936-016-1490-4
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Article ; Online: Selection of N86F184D1246 haplotype of Pfmrd1 gene by artemether-lumefantrine drug pressure on Plasmodium falciparum populations in Senegal.

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