云南和海南两省不同地区恶性疟原虫裂殖子表面蛋白2基因型的研究

Genotypes of Merozoite Surface Protein 2 of Plasmodium falciparum in Different Malaria Endemic Areas *

目的 分析云南和海南两省恶性疟原虫的基因型及其分布。方法采用套式PCR法特异扩增MSP2基因中间多态区 ,对恶性疟原虫群体进行基因分型。结果 检测云南省 31例和海南省 2 9例恶性疟原虫患者血清 ,其中分别有 14和 18种不同的MSP2等位基因型 ,其等位基因株存在高度的多态性 ,基因片段大小及分布频率具有地区差异。海南省不同等位基因型虫株混合感染及多重感染现象比云南省严重。

Objective To determine the genotypes and distribution of MSP2 of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Yunnan and Hainan provinces, China.Methods The central polymorphic region of MSP2 allele was amplified by the nested PCR for genotyping of P.falciparum. Results The higher degree of polymorphism of MSP2 of P.falciparum was observed in Yunnan and Hainan. Distribution and allele frequencies differed in both provinces, indicating considerable geographical heterogeneity of parasite populations. The mixed infection of different allele type and multiplicity of infection was more frequent in Hainan than in Yunnan.Conclusion There were obvious differences in the distribution and frequencies of MSP2 alleles between Yunnan and Hainan endemic areas. MSP2 is suitable to be used as a marker gene for the genotyping of P.falciparum infection.