Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 diversity in Ghana

Malaria Journal

Table 3 List of rare and novel pfhrp2 amino acid repeat types identified in Ghana

Code	Known repeats	Rare/novel repeats	Repeat frequency	Repeat percentage
Type 1 motif	AHHAHHVAD	AHHAHHVAY	3	6.0
		AHHTHHVAD	1	2.0
		APDAHHVAD^a	1	2.0
Type 2 motif	AHHAHHAAD	AHHAHHAPD	1	2.0
		AHHAHHADD	2	4.0
		AHHAHHAAH^b	5	10.0
Type 5 motif	AHHAHHASD	AHHAPHASD	1	2.0
Type 7 motif	AHHAAD	AHHAAH^b	6	12.0
Type 7 motif		AHHADD	1	2.0
Type 10 motif	AHHAAAHHATD	AHHAATHHATD	1	2.0
Type 12 motif	AHHAAAHHEAATH	AHHAAAHHEAASH	3	6.0
Type 12 motif		AHHAAAHDEAALI^a	1	2.0

Boldened amino acid shows the position where the rare/novel repeat types vary compared to known repeat types
^aPreviously unidentified repeat
^bMore than one repeat copies per isolate

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