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| Title |
K13-Propeller Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites From Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Published in |
Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1093/infdis/jiu608 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Edwin Kamau, Susana Campino, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Eleanor Drury, Deus Ishengoma, Kimberly Johnson, Dieudonne Mumba, Mihir Kekre, William Yavo, Daniel Mead, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Tobias Apinjoh, Lemu Golassa, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Ben Andagalu, Oumou Maiga-Ascofare, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Paulina Tindana, Anita Ghansah, Bronwyn MacInnis, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Abdoulaye A. Djimde |
| Abstract |
Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum K13-propeller domain have recently been shown to be important determinants of artemisinin resistance in South-East Asia (SEA). This study investigated the prevalence of K13-propeller polymorphisms across sub-Saharan Africa. 1212 P. falciparum samples collected from twelve countries were sequenced. None of the K13-propeller mutations previously reported in SEA were found, but 22 unique mutations were detected, of which seven were non-synonymous. Allele frequencies ranged between 1-3%. Three mutations were observed in more than one country, and the A578S was present in parasites from five countries. This study provides baseline prevalence of K13-propeller mutations in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 17% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 17% |
| Comoros | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 287 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Vietnam | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 278 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 57 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 19% |
| Researcher | 52 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 15% |
| Unknown | 46 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 78 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 38 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 15 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 7% |
| Unknown | 52 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 July 2017.
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#6,936
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#87,086
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#78
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Altmetric has tracked 25,411,814 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 14,806 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 16.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 52% of its peers.
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