Table 4 Distribution of pfnhe1 ms4760 alleles from different areas of Africa

West Africa

Nigeria

21

ms4760-1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 17, 18, 37, 47, 54, 65, WH4

Liberia

14

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 7, 15, 27, WH5

Guinea

7

ms4760-1, 3, 17, 18, 54, 65

Sierra Leone

6

ms4760-1, 7, 18, 49

Ghana

6

ms4760-3, 12, 18, 30, 49, WH2

Ivory Coast

3

ms4760-3, 9, 49

Benin

3

ms4760-1, 18, WH2

Niger

2

ms4760-1, 7

Subtotal

62

ms4760-1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 18, 27, 30, 37, 47, 49, 54, 65, WH2, WH4, WH5

South Africa

Angola

15

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 7, 35, 65

Zambia

6

ms4760-1, 3, 9, 21, 35

Mozambique

8

ms4760-3, 12, 15, 21, 48, 52, 54, WH2

Subtotal

29

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 21, 35, 48, 52, 54, 65, WH2

Central Africa

Congo

17

ms4760-1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 37, 54, 79, WH2

Equatorial Guinea

7

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 8, WH3

Cameroon

6

ms4760-1, 3, 7, 9, 35

Gabon

2

ms4760-3, 15

Subtotal

32

ms4760-1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 35, 37, 54, 79, WH2, WH3

East Africa

Uganda

6

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 8, 65

South Sudan

2

ms4760-1, 3

Tanzania

3

ms4760-3, 7

Ethiopia

2

ms4760-3, WH1

Rwanda

1

ms4760-3

Subtotal

14

ms4760-1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 65, WH1

North Africa

Sudan

2

ms4760-1, 37

Libya

1

ms4760-1

Subtotal

3

ms4760-1, 37