title: Plasmodium falciparum: limited genetic diversity of MSP-2 in isolates circulating in Brazilian endemic areas.
abstract: The genetic polymorphism of the surface merozoite protein 2 (MSP-2) was evaluated in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from individuals with uncomplicated malaria living in a Brazilian endemic area of Peixoto de Azevedo. The frequency of MSP-2 alleles and the survival of genetically different populations clones in 104 isolates were verified by Southern blot and SSCP-PCR. Single and mixed infections were observed in similar frequencies and the rate of detection of FC27 and 3D7 allelic families was equivalent. Eight alleles were identified and among them, the sequence polymorphism was mainly attributed to variations in the repetitive region. Interestingly, in three alleles nucleotide polymorphism was identical to that detected in a previous study, conducted in 1992, in a near Brazilian endemic area. This finding demonstrated the genetic similarity between two isolate groups, besides the certain temporal stability in the allelic patterns. The implications of these data for studies on the genetic diversity are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in the Immunology of Parasitic Diseases, Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. sallenave@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sallenave-Sales
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ferreira-da-Cruz
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cerruti
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Daniel-Ribeiro
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Zalis
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005787:Gene Frequency; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C065974:merozoite surface protein 2, Plasmodium