Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi

Plasmodium cynomolgi is a malaria parasite that typically infects Asian macaque monkeys, and humans on rare occasions. P. cynomolgi serves as a model system for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, with which it shares such important biological characteristics as formation of a dormant liv...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sutton, Patrick L., Zunping, Luo, Paul C.S., Divis, Friedrich, Volney K., Conway, D.J, Balbir, Singh, Barnwell, John W., Carltona, Jane M., Sullivan, Steven A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/1/Characterizing-the-genetic-diversity-of-the-monkey-malaria-parasite-Plasmodium-cynomolgi%20%28abstract%29.pdf
_version_ 1848837214917623808
author Sutton, Patrick L.
Zunping, Luo
Paul C.S., Divis
Friedrich, Volney K.
Conway, D.J
Balbir, Singh
Barnwell, John W.
Carltona, Jane M.
Sullivan, Steven A.
author_facet Sutton, Patrick L.
Zunping, Luo
Paul C.S., Divis
Friedrich, Volney K.
Conway, D.J
Balbir, Singh
Barnwell, John W.
Carltona, Jane M.
Sullivan, Steven A.
author_sort Sutton, Patrick L.
building UNIMAS Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Plasmodium cynomolgi is a malaria parasite that typically infects Asian macaque monkeys, and humans on rare occasions. P. cynomolgi serves as a model system for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, with which it shares such important biological characteristics as formation of a dormant liver stage and a preference to invade reticulocytes. While genomes of three P. cynomolgi strains have been sequenced, genetic diversity of P. cynomolgi has not been widely investigated. To address this we developed the first panel of P. cynomolgi microsatellite markers to genotype eleven P. cynomolgi laboratory strains and 18 field isolates fromSarawak,Malaysian Borneo. We found diverse genotypes among most of the laboratory strains, though two nominally different strains were found to be genetically identical. We also investigated sequence polymorphism in two erythrocyte invasion gene families, the reticulocyte binding protein and Duffy binding protein genes, in these strains. Wealso observed copy number variation in rbp genes.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T06:36:07Z
format Article
id unimas-12526
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T06:36:07Z
publishDate 2016
publisher Elsevier B.V.
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling unimas-125262016-06-28T00:47:17Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/ Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi Sutton, Patrick L. Zunping, Luo Paul C.S., Divis Friedrich, Volney K. Conway, D.J Balbir, Singh Barnwell, John W. Carltona, Jane M. Sullivan, Steven A. QR Microbiology R Medicine (General) Plasmodium cynomolgi is a malaria parasite that typically infects Asian macaque monkeys, and humans on rare occasions. P. cynomolgi serves as a model system for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, with which it shares such important biological characteristics as formation of a dormant liver stage and a preference to invade reticulocytes. While genomes of three P. cynomolgi strains have been sequenced, genetic diversity of P. cynomolgi has not been widely investigated. To address this we developed the first panel of P. cynomolgi microsatellite markers to genotype eleven P. cynomolgi laboratory strains and 18 field isolates fromSarawak,Malaysian Borneo. We found diverse genotypes among most of the laboratory strains, though two nominally different strains were found to be genetically identical. We also investigated sequence polymorphism in two erythrocyte invasion gene families, the reticulocyte binding protein and Duffy binding protein genes, in these strains. Wealso observed copy number variation in rbp genes. Elsevier B.V. 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/1/Characterizing-the-genetic-diversity-of-the-monkey-malaria-parasite-Plasmodium-cynomolgi%20%28abstract%29.pdf Sutton, Patrick L. and Zunping, Luo and Paul C.S., Divis and Friedrich, Volney K. and Conway, D.J and Balbir, Singh and Barnwell, John W. and Carltona, Jane M. and Sullivan, Steven A. (2016) Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 40. pp. 243-252. ISSN 1567-1348 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961154941&partnerID=40&md5=d782c58f224108283be0f3dbe34d38a8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.03.009
spellingShingle QR Microbiology
R Medicine (General)
Sutton, Patrick L.
Zunping, Luo
Paul C.S., Divis
Friedrich, Volney K.
Conway, D.J
Balbir, Singh
Barnwell, John W.
Carltona, Jane M.
Sullivan, Steven A.
Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title_full Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title_fullStr Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title_short Characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi
title_sort characterizing the genetic diversity of the monkey malaria parasite plasmodium cynomolgi
topic QR Microbiology
R Medicine (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12526/1/Characterizing-the-genetic-diversity-of-the-monkey-malaria-parasite-Plasmodium-cynomolgi%20%28abstract%29.pdf