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Table 3 Prevalence of mutations in dhfr and dhps in Senegal and Tanzania when accounting for number of parasite genomes per sample

From: High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations

 

Alleles

Parasite genome

Senegal

Tanzania

p value

DHPS 437

A437

27/80 (33.75%)

42/103 (40.78%)

0.9729

G437

45/80 (56.25%)

39/103 (37.86%)

0.0131

Undetermined

8/80 (10%)

22/103 (21.36%)

 

DHPS 540

K540

80/80 (100%)

103/103 (100%)

>0.05

E540

0/80 (0%)

0/103 (0%)

>0.05

Undetermined

0/80 (0%)

0/103 (0%)

 

DHPS 581

A581

80/80 (100%)

103/103 (100%)

>0.05

G581

0/80 (0%)

0/103 (0%)

>0.05

Undetermined

0/80 (0%)

0/103 (0%)

 

DHPS 613

A613

75/80 (3.75%)

100/103 (97.09%)

0.2713

T/S613

2/80 (2.5%)

0/103 (0%)

0.1074

Undetermined

3/80 (3.75%)

3/103 (2.91%)

 

DHFR 51

N51

0/80 (0%)

21/103 (20.39%)

0

51I

77/80 (96.25%)

67/103 (65.05%)

0

Undetermined

3/80 (3.75%)

15/103 (14.56%)

 

DHFR 59

C59

1/80 (1.25%)

32/103 (31.07%)

0

59R

76/80 (95%)

56/103 (54.37%)

0

Undetermined

3/80 (3.75%)

15/103 (14.56%)

 

DHFR 108

S108

0/80 (0%)

16/103 (15.5%)

0.0002

N108

79/80 (98.75%)

87/103 (84.5%)

0.0096

Undetermined

1/80 (1.25%)

0/103 (0%)

 
 

Polyclonal infections

27/50 (54%)

36/50 (72%)

0.0628

Multiplicity of infection

78/50 (1.56)

103/50 (2.06)

0.011

  1. The number of parasite genotypes per patient was calculated to estimate the wild-type and mutant allele frequencies in mixed infections. Undetermined represents samples in which the number of genotypes cannot be precisely classified due to uncertainty (for example, if there are 4 genomes, the call could be 1 WT and 3 Mut, 2 WT and 2 Mut, or 3 WT and 1 Mut)