Human genetic polymorphisms in the Knops blood group are not associated with a protective advantage against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southern Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorHansson, H.H.
dc.contributor.authorKurtzhals, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorGoka, B.Q.
dc.contributor.authorRodriques, O.P.
dc.contributor.authorNkrumah, F.N.
dc.contributor.authorTheander, T.G.
dc.contributor.authorBygbjerg, I.C.
dc.contributor.authorAlifrangis, M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-04T10:03:38Z
dc.date.available2018-12-04T10:03:38Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.description.abstractBackground: The complex interactions between the human host and the Plasmodium falciparum parasite and the factors influencing severity of disease are still not fully understood. Human single nucleotide polymorphisms SNPs associated with Knops blood group system; carried by complement receptor 1 may be associated with the pathology of P. falciparum malaria, and susceptibility to disease. Methods. The objective of this study was to determine the genotype and haplotype frequencies of the SNPs defining the Knops blood group antigens; Kn§ssup§a/b§esup§, McCoy§ssup§a/b§esup§, Swain-Langley1/2 and KCAM§ssup§+/-§esup§ in Ghanaian patients with malaria and determine possible associations between these polymorphisms and the severity of the disease. Study participants were patients (n = 267) admitted to the emergency room at the Department of Child Health, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana during the malaria season from June to August in 1995, 1996 and 1997, classified as uncomplicated malaria (n = 89), severe anaemia (n = 57) and cerebral malaria (n = 121) and controls who did not have a detectable Plasmodium infection or were symptomless carriers of the parasite (n = 275). The frequencies were determined using a post-PCR ligation detection reaction-fluorescent microsphere assay, developed to detect the SNPs defining the antigens. Chi-square/Fisher's exact test and logistic regression models were used to analyse the data. Results: As expected, high frequencies of the alleles Kn§ssup§a§esup§, McC§ssup§b§ esup§, Sl2 and KCAM§ssup§-§esup§ were found in the Ghanaian population. Apart from small significant differences between the groups at the Sl locus, no significant allelic or genotypic differences were found between the controls and the disease groups or between the disease groups. The polymorphisms define eight different haplotypes H1(2.4%), H2(9.4%), H3(59.8%), H4(0%), H5(25.2%), H6(0.33%), H7(2.8%) and H8(0%). Investigating these haplotypes, no significant differences between any of the groups were found. Conclusion: The results confirm earlier findings of high frequencies of certain CR1 alleles in Africa; and shed more light on earlier conflicting findings; the alleles McC§ssup§b§esup§, Sl2, Kn§ssup§b§ esup§ and KCAM§ssup§-§esup§ or combined haplotypes do not seem to confer any protective advantage against malaria infection or resulting disease severity. Based on these findings, in a very well-characterized population, malaria does not seem to be the selective force on these alleles. © 2013 Hansson et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-400
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26135
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMalaria Journalen_US
dc.subjectComplement receptor 1en_US
dc.subjectKnopsen_US
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparumen_US
dc.subjectSevere malariaen_US
dc.titleHuman genetic polymorphisms in the Knops blood group are not associated with a protective advantage against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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