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Table 2 Prevalence of molecular markers associated with Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in study population according to age

From: Low prevalence of the molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine in asymptomatic children in Northern Benin

Molecular marker

n (%)

<10 years

≥10 years

P value

n (%)

n (%)

T76 (n = 195)

56 (28.7)

38 (31.1)

18 (24.7)

0.42

Y86 (n = 193)

47 (24.4)

26 (22)

21 (28)

0.44

T76Y86 (n = 193)

10 (4.6)

6 (4.4)

4 (4.8)

1.00

G437 (n = 192)

91 (47.4)

56 (47.5)

35 (47.3)

0.90

E540 (n = 192)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

I51 (n = 194)

125 (64.4)

76 (61.8)

49 (69)

0.39

R59 (n = 194)

50 (25.8)

29 (24.2)

21 (28.4)

0.63

N108 (n = 194)

35 (18)

24 (20.2)

11 (14.7)

0.44

IRN (n = 194)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.7)

2 (2.4)

0.56

IRNG (192)

1 (0.5)

0

1 (1.2)

0.38