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Table 1 Primer sequence and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) program for MSP1 and MSP2 amplification

From: Efficacy and tolerability of a new formulation of artesunate-mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in adult in Senegal: open randomized trial

Gene

Name

Primer sequence

PCR program

msp 1 primary

O1

5 CACATGAAAGTTATCAAGAACTTGTC 3

94°C-3 min, [94°C-25 sec, 50 °C-45 sec, 68°C-2 min] × 30, 72°C-3 min

O2

5′ GTACGTCTAATTCATTTGCACG 3

msp 1 nested

N1

5 GCAGTATTGACAGGTTATGG 3

94°C-3 min, [94°C-30 sec, 50 °C-45 sec, 68°C-2 min] × 30, 72°C-3 min

N2

5 GATTGAAAGGTATTTGAC 3

msp2 primary

S3

5 GAAGGTAATTAAAACATTGTC 3

94°C-3 min, [94°C-30 sec, 42′C-60 sec, 65°C-2 min] × 30, 72°C-3 min

S2

5 GAGGGATGTTGCTGCTCCACAG 3

msp2 nested

S1

5 GAGTATAAGGAGAAGTATG 3

94°C-3 min, [94°C-30 sec, 50 °C-60 sec, 72°C-2 min] × 45, 72°C-3 min

 

S4

5 CTAGAACCATGCATATGTCC 3