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Table 2 Distribution of PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 Amino acids repeat in P. falciparum isolates in Assosa zone, Northwest Ethiopia

From: Genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 in Assosa zone, Ethiopia: its impact on the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Type of repeat

Amino acid repeat sequence*

PfHRP2 (n = 48)

PfHRP3 (n = 88)

No (%)

Min to Max number

No (%)

Min to Max number

1

AHHAHHVAD

48 (100)

1–5

83 (94.3)

0–3

2

AHHAHHAAD

48 (100)

1–15

0 (0.0)

0

3

AHHAHHAAY

42 (87.5)

0–2

0 (0.0)

0

4

AHH

20 (41.7)

0–3

78 (88.6)

0–1

5

AHHAHHASD

36 (75.0)

0–1

0 (0.0)

0

6

AHHATD

46 (95.8)

0–6

0 (0.0)

0

7

AHHAAD

48 (100)

3–13

85 (96.6)

0–2

8

AHHAAY

44 (91.7)

0–2

0 (0.0)

0

9

AAY

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

10

AHHAAAHHATD

46 (95.8)

0–2

0 (0.0)

0

11

AHN

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

12

AHHAAAHHEAATH

5 (10.4)

0–1

0 (0.0)

0

13

AHHASD

5 (10.4)

0–1

0 (0.0)

0

14

AHHAHHATD

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

15

AHHAHHAAN

0 (0.0)

0–0

84 (95.5)

0–2

16

AHHAAN

0 (0.0)

0–0

88 (100)

7–16

17

AHHDG

0 (0.0)

0–0

88 (100)

1–8

18

AHHDD

0 (0.0)

0–0

87 (98.9)

0–4

19

AHHAA

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

20

SHHDD

0 (0.0)

0–0

87 (98.9)

0–2

21

AHHAHHATY

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

22

AHHAHHAGD

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

23

ARHAAD

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0

24

AHHTHHAAD

0 (0.0)

0–0

0 (0.0)

0–0

  1. *PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 amino acid repeat motif as describe by Baker et al. [11]
  2. N: Total number of PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 amino acid sequence in P. falciparum isolates
  3. Min: Minimum number of amino acid repeat, Max: maximum number of amino acid repeat