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Table 3 **PCR-RFLP* findings of polymorphism on the pfdhfr and pfdhps gene from samples (n = 31) collected in Kalabakan, Sabah**

From: High prevalence of mutation in the Plasmodium falciparum dhfr and dhps genes in field isolates from Sabah, Northern Borneo

	*pfdhfr*						*pfdhps*
Codons	ala	asn	cys	ser	ser	ile	ala	lys	ala
	16	51	59	108	108	164	437	540	581
	val	ile	arg	asn	thr	leu	gly	glu	gly
% Mutation	16.12	0	100	58.06	0	80.64	100	0	74.19
Wild-Type	83.87	100	0	49.94	100	19.35	0	100	25.8

* PCR-RFLP, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism
§ Alanine = ala, Valine = val, Asparagine = asn, Isoleucine = ile, Cysteine = cys, Arginine = arg, Serine = ser, Threonine = thr, Leucine = leu, Glycine = gly, Lysine = lys, Glutamic acid = glu.

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