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Table 2 Merozoite surface protein (msp)-1 and msp-2 polymorphism in isolates from 52 Gabonese children presenting with a Plasmodium falciparum malaria attack, 2000.

From: Polymorphism in two merozoite surface proteins of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Gabon

 

msp-1

msp-2

Total

K1

MAD20

R033

FC27

3D7

Number of distinct bands

14

8

3

11

8

44

Number (%) of samples containing alleles of the corresponding family

47 (90.4)

33 (63.5)

19 (36.5)

34 (65.4)

43 (82.7)

 

% of fragments assigned to the corresponding family

52.5

32.5

15.0

49.7

50.3

 

MOI* (± SE)

1.6 (± 0.1)

1.0 (± 0.1)

0.5 (± 0.1)

1.8 (± 0.2)

1.8 (± 0.2)

4.0 (± 0.3)

  1. * Multiplicity of infection