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Table 4 Distribution of msp1 block 2 alleles among study localities

From: Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 block 2 gene polymorphism in field isolates along the slope of mount Cameroon: a cross – sectional study

Msp1 block 2 allele type

Clinical phenotype

Number of positives (%)

P value

All subjects

Rural

Semi-rural

Semi-urban

K1

AP

55 (90.2)

16 (84.2)

36 (94.7)

3 (75.0)

0.260

MAD20

32 (52.5)

13 (68.4)

18 (47.4)

1 (25.0)

0.170

RO33

26 (42.6)

14 (73.7)

10 (26.3)

2 (50.0)

0.003

MR

21 (34.4)

11 (57.1)

9 (23.7)

1 (25.0)

0.034

Monoclonality

24 (39.3)

3 (15.8)

18 (47.8)

3 (75.0)

0.023

Polyclonalitya

37 (60.7)

16 (84.2)

20 (52.6)

1 (25.0)

0.023

K1 + MAD20

14 (23.0)

3 (15.8)

11 (28.9)

0 (0.0)

0.284

K1 + RO33

6 (9.8)

3 (15.8)

3 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

0.507

MAD20 + RO33

2 (3.3)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.102

K1 + MAD20 + RO33

15 (24.6)

8 (42.1)

6 (15.8)

1 (25.0)

0.094

K1

UM

58 (71.6)

10 (71.4)

30 (71.4)

18 (72.0)

0.999

MAD20

45 (55.6)

9 (64.3)

24 (57.1)

12 (48.0)

0.591

RO33

38 (46.9)

8 (57.1)

18 (42.9)

12 (48.0)

0.645

MR

38 (46.9)

6 (42.9)

19 (45.2)

13 (52.0)

0.819

Monoclonality

34 (42.0)

3 (21.4)

21 (50.0)

10 (40.0)

0.167

Polyclonalitya

47 (58.0)

11 (78.6)

21 (50.0)

15 (60.0)

0.167

K1 + MAD20

17 (21.0)

4 (28.6)

7 (16.7)

6 (24.0)

0.578

K1 + RO33

9 (11.1)

2 (14.3)

2 (4.8)

5 (20.0)

0.145

MAD20 + RO33

8 (9.9)

3 (21.4)

3 (7.1)

2 (8.0)

0.279

K1 + MAD20 + RO33

13 (16.0)

2 (14.3)

9 (21.4)

2 (8.0)

0.344

  1. Boldface values indicate significant p values
  2. AP Asymptomatic parasitaemia, UM Uncomplicated Malaria
  3. aEstimated based on the three major allele families only