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Table 3 The distribution of pfk13 mutations in isolates from different countries and geographic regions of Africa

From: Molecular surveillance of pfcrt, pfmdr1 and pfk13-propeller mutations in Plasmodium falciparum isolates imported from Africa to China

Sub-region of Africa

Source countries

Sample size

(N)

No. of samples with pfk13 mutations

Amino acid of pfk13 mutations (n)

Central Africa

Equatorial Guinea

224

15

C469C(1) R575K(1) A578S(4) C580F(1) D452N(1) M476I(1) V589I(1) P574L(1) A578T(1) M579I(1) C469F(2)

Congo, DRC

32

1

Q613E (1)

Republic of Congo

35

2

I634T (1) A578S (1)

Cameroon

54

1

L457S (1)

Chad

11

0

 

Central African Republic

3

0

 

Gabon

14

0

 

Angola

466

19

P553L(1) A569T(1) A578S(2) Q613E(5) I646K(1) R471R(4) R539T(1) P443R(1) V589I(1) M579I(2)

Sub total

 

839

38

 

North Africa

Algeria

1

0

 

Egypt

1

0

 

Libya

3

0

 

Sudan

21

0

 

Sub total

 

26

0

 

East Africa

Ethiopia

8

0

 

Kenya

6

1

I683R (1)

Tanzania

20

2

Q613E (1) L488V(1)

Uganda

8

1

A578S (1)

Sub total

 

42

4

 

West Africa

Mali

5

0

 

Burkina Faso

2

0

 

Niger

4

0

 

Togo

7

0

 

Ivory Coast

17

0

 

Benin

9

0

 

Liberia

25

0

 

Sierra Leone

29

0

 

Nigeria

152

3

C469C (1) G496G (1) A627A (1)

Guinea

55

2

M562I (1) A578S (1)

Ghana

65

2

C469C (1) A578S (1)

Sub total

 

370

7

 

South Africa

Mozambique

28

0

 

Zambia

39

0

 

Malawi

8

0

 

Madagascar

3

0

 

Zimbabwe

1

0

 

South Africa

1

0

 

Sub total

 

80

0

 

Total

 

1357

49

 
  1. Three mutations (M476I, R539T, and P553L) associated with artimisinin resistance confirmed by WHO were shown in bold front