Table 2 Base pair range and number of detected genotypes of the respective msp-1 and msp-2 gene families in P. falciparum isolates from 315 malaria patients in Cameroon

Number of different genotypes per allele

9

6

1

12

15

Allele range (bp)

153–335

175–205

155

140–387

200–568

Total per locus

16

27

Genotypes frequency for allele type occurring at a frequency < 10%

9 (100%)

5 (97.5%)

0 (0%)

10 (83.3%)

14 (95.3%)

Total per allele

14 (87.5%)

24 (88.9%)

Genotypes frequency for allele type occurring at a frequency > 10%

0 (0%)

1 (16.7%)

1 (100%)

2 (16.7%)

1 (6.7%)

Total per allele

2 (12.5%)

3 (11.1%)