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Table 4 Prevalence of Pfcrt polymorphisms in paired pre-treatment and post-treatment samples in the artesunate-amodiaquine treatment arm, therapeutic efficacy monitoring, Mali, 2015 – 2016

From: Therapeutic efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine and artesunate–amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mali, 20152016

 

Pre-treatment n, (%)*

n = 26

Post-treatment n, (%)

n = 30

p-value**

Pfcrt point mutations

   

Pfcrt codon 72

 C72

26 (100.0)

30 (100.0)

NA

Pfcrt codon 73

 V73

26 (100.0)

30 (100.0)

NA

Pfcrt codon 74

 M74

4 (15.4)

16 (53.3)

0.018

 74M/I

7 (26.9)

2 (6.7)

 

 74I

15 (57.7)

12 (40.0)

 

Pfcrt codon 75

 N75

4 (15.4)

16 (53.3)

0.018

 75N/E

7 (26.9)

2 (6.7)

 

 75E

15 (57.7)

12 (40.0)

 

Pfcrt codon 76

 K76

4 (15.4)

16 (53.3)

0.018

 76K/T

7 (26.9)

2 (6.7)

 

 76T

15 (57.7)

12 (40.0)

 

Pfcrt haplotypes

 CVIET

22 (84.6)

14 (46.7)

0.082

 CVMNK

11 (42.3)

18 (60.0)

 
  1. Bold letter denotes an encoded amino acid change
  2. Haplotype totals include mixed infections
  3. *4 recrudescent infections not included
  4. ** Comparing wild-type vs. mutant (excluding mixed infections) for point mutations and CVIET versus CVMNK haplotypes