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Table 1 Prevalence of mutations conferring resistance to SP in P. falciparum isolates from Angola.

From: Evaluation of prevalence's of pfdhfr and pfdhps mutations in Angola

Prevalence of mutations in pfdhfr and pfdhps genes (%)

  

pfdhfr

pfdhps

Province

 

51

59

108

437

540

 

Alleles

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

wild type

0 (0)

16 (27,6)

0 (0)

8 (12,1)

55 (83,3)

Cabinda

mutant

70 (98,6)

28 (48,3)

64 (100)

57 (86,4)

3 (4,5)

 

mix infection

1 (1,4)

14 (24,1)

0 (0)

1 (1,5)

8 (12,1)

 

wild type

1(1,85)

19 (35,8)

0(0)

0 (0)

53 (98,1)

Uige

mutant

52 (96,3)

15 (28,3)

50 (100)

52 (96,3)

1 (1,9)

 

mix infection

1 (1,85)

19 (35,8)

0 (0)

2 (3,7)

0 (0)

 

wild type

2 (2,1)

46 (49,5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

92 (95,8)

Kwanza Norte

mutant

91 (94,8)

25 (26,9)

92 (100)

93 (96,9)

2 (2,1)

 

mix infection

3 (3,1)

22 (23,7)

0 (0)

3 (3,1)

2 (2,1)

 

wild type

7 (3,4)

127 (62,6)

3 (1,5)

16 (7,7)

189 (90,9)

Malanje

mutant

173 (83,2)

12 (5,9)

199 (98)

156 (75)

5 (2,4)

 

mix infection

28 (13,5)

64 (31,5)

1 (0,5)

34 (16,3)

13 (6,3)

 

wild type

0 (0)

5 (45,5)

0 (0)

2 (12,5)

11 (61,1)

Huambo

mutant

22 (95,7)

3 (27,3)

21 (100)

6 (37,5)

1 (5,6)

 

mix infection

1 (4,4)

3 (27,3)

0 (0)

8 (50)

6 (33,3)

 

wild type

10 (2,2)

213 (51,0)

3 (0,7)

26 (5,9)

390 (87,1)

Total

mutant

408 (90,3)

83 (19,9)

426 (99,1)

364 (83,1)

29 (6,5)

 

mix infection

34 (7,5)

122 (29,2)

1 (0,2)

48 (11,0)

29 (6,5)