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Table 4 Prevalence of mutations conferring resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium vivax (n = 57).

From: Detection of high levels of mutations involved in anti-malarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax at a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia

Gene Locus

N = 57

Mutation (%)

pvdhfr R58

52

(91.2%)

pvdhfr L57

0

(0%)

pvdhfr N117

56

(98.2%)

pvdhfr T117

0

(0%)

pvdhfr R58/N117

52

(91.2%)

pvdhfr R58/N117/L57

0

(0%)

pvdhps G383

0

(0%)

pvdhps G553

2

(3.5%)

pvdhfr/pvdhps R58/N117/G553

2

(3.5%)