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Table 4 Proportions of mixed infections detected in this study

From: Drug resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mlimba, Tanzania

Category

Variants detected

Total No. of variants

Percentage (%)

smDHFR

27 × 1

27

39.7

smDHPS

8 × 1

8

11.8

dmDHFR

8 × 2

16

23.5

dmDHPS

1 × 2

2

2.9

tmDHFR

5 × 3

15

22.1

tmDHPS

0 × 3

0

0.00

Total

 

68

100

  1. smDHFR = Mixed variants detected at a single codon on the dhfr domain; mDHPS = Mixed variants detected at a single codon on the dhps domain; dmDHFR = Mixed variants detected at two codons on the dhfr domain; dmDHPS = Mixed variants detected at two codons on the dhps domain; tmDHFR = Mixed variants detected at three codons on the dhfr domain; tmDHPS = Mixed variants detected at three codons on the dhps domain
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Malaria Journal

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