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Table 2 Region wise distribution of tandem repeat variants of DHFR and DHPS gene

From: Low prevalence of dihydro folate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) quadruple and quintuple mutant alleles associated with SP resistance in Plasmodium vivax isolates of West Bengal, India

Gene

Type

Tandem repeat

KMC (%)

Purulia (%)

Dhfr

Type 1

GDNTSGGDNTHGGDNTHGGDNADKL

19.23

0.00

Type 2

GDNTSGGDNTHG

------------GDNADKL

80.77

100

Dhps

Type A

GEAKLTNGEGKLTNGEAKLTNGEGKLTNG

EAKLTNGEGKLTNGDAKLTNGDSKLTNG

10.64

21.15

Type B

GEAKLTNGEGKLTNGEAKLTNGEGKLTNG

-------------------------------------DSKLTNG

89.36

63.47

Type C

GEAKLTNGEGKLTNGEAKLTNGEGKLTNG

EAKLTNGEGKLTN -------------GDSKLTNG

0.00

15.38