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Table 3 Association between pfk13 and pfmdr1 polymorphisms and late treatment failures observed during therapeutic efficacy studies in Angola, 2015, stratified by treatment arm

From: Prevalence of molecular markers of artemisinin and lumefantrine resistance among patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in three provinces in Angola, 2015

Genetic markers

Artemether–lumefantrine (28 late treatment failures)

Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine (15 late treatment failures)

Artesunate–amodiaquine (7 late treatment failures)

RR†

P value††

P value†††

RR†

P value††

P value†††

RR†

P value††

P value†††

pfk13

 Wild type

Ref

Ref

–

Ref

Ref

–

–

–

–

 A578S

0

1

–

0

1

–

–

–

–

pfmdr1 copy number

 1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

pfmdr1 haplotypes

 NYD

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 YYD

0.3

0.4

0.04

0

1

0.7

0

1

0.6

 NFD

1.0

1

0.7

1.75

1

1

0

1

1

 YFD

2.0

0.4

0.6

0

1

0.5

–

–

–

 YYY

0

1

0.6

0

1

1

–

–

0.1

 NYY

0

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

 YFY

0

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

pfmdr1 single nucleotide polymorphisms

 N86

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 86Y

0.3

0.5

0.03

0

1

0.5

0

1

0.1

 Y184

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 184F

1.3

0.7

0.3

0

1

0.8

0

1

1

 D1246

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

 1246Y

0

1

0.6

0

1

1

–

–

0.07

  1. †Relative risk (RR) of treatment failure (recrudescence)
  2. ††Statistical significance of difference in risk of treatment failure (recrudescence)
  3. †††Statistical significance of difference in risk of treatment failure (recrudescence or reinfection)