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Table 2 Parasite genotypes based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products of isolates of Plasmodium falciparum obtained before treatment from 33 patients who failed treatment with anti-malarial drugs in a malaria-endemic region of Southeastern Bangladesh

From: Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum using antigenic polymorphic markers and to study anti-malarial drug resistance markers in malaria endemic areas of Bangladesh

Loci

Number of alleles

Number positive

Number MOI≥2

MOI Pre TX

number positive

Number MOI≥2

MOI Post TX

MOI both

MSP-1 total

 

33

27

3.0

33

26

2.3

2.7

K1

6

19

10

1.5

17

10

1.6

1.6

MAD

8

25

12

1.5

19

11

1.6

1.5

R033

4

20

13

1.6

13

7

1.5

1.6

GLURP

6

32*

6

1.2

33

5

1.2

1.2

CRT-RFLP

2

33

6

1.2

33

3

1.1

1.1

MDR1

2

33

10

1.3

33

3

1.1

1.2

  1. * Note: one of paired samples in baseline has not amplified for GLURP.