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Table 3 Frequency distribution of pvdhfr/pvdhps genotypes in 159 Malagasy isolates collected from 7 sites in 2006–2007

From: Plasmodium vivax dhfr and dhps mutations in isolates from Madagascar and therapeutic response to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine

  

Sampling sites

 

dhfralleles

dhps alleles

South

West

Central Highlands

East

Total isolates (frequency %)

 

Ejeda

Ihosy

Maevatanana

Miandrivazo

Tdd

Moramanga

Farafangana

 

No mutation

         

   Wild-type

Wild-type

9

-

7

10

17

1

-

44 (27.7)

 

383G

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

2 (1.3)

Single mutant

         

   21S

Wild-type

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

2 (1.3)

   33L

Wild-type

1

-

2

-

4

1

-

8 (5.0)

   117N

Wild-type

-

1

-

3

3

-

-

7 (4.4)

   130K

Wild-type

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1 (0.6)

Double mutant

         

   33L + 130K

Wild-type

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1 (0.6)

   117N + 130K

Wild-type

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

2 (1.3)

   58R + 117N

Wild-type

1

-

4

2

18

-

-

25 (15.7)

 

383G

-

-

3

-

10

2

1

16 (10.1)

Triple mutant

         

   49R + 58R + 117N

Wild-type

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1 (0.6)

 

383G

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

4 (2.5)

 

Wild-type

-

-

-

39

4

-

-

43 (27.0)

   58R + 117N + 130K

422R

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1 (0.6)

 

383G

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

2 (1.3)