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. 2024 Mar 9;23:71. doi: 10.1186/s12936-024-04896-0

Table 2.

k13 mutations among samples collected during TES in the eight regions of Tanzania from 2016 to 2021

Year Region #Sequenced k13* (%) k13**
(wild-type) (%)
k13**
(mutant) (%)
k13 ** (SYN mutation) k13** (NS mutation)
2016 Kigoma 118 101 (85.6) 95 (94.1) 6 (5.9) 3 (2-R471 & C469) 3 (2-Q613E &I416V)
Morogoro 104 96 (92.3) 92 (95.8) 4 (4.2) 2 (R471 & R539) 2 (E433D & A578S)
Pwani 92 79 (85.9) 75 (94.9) 4 (5.1) 4 (P417, C469 & 2-V487 0
Tanga 109 100 (91.7) 95 (95.0) 5 (5.0) 4 (P417 & 3-C469) 1 (R471S)
2018 Kigoma 111 96 (86.5) 96 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
Morogoro 99 87 (87.9) 84 (96.6) 3 (3.4) 3 (G538 & 2-R539) 0
Pwani 97 79 (81.4) 76 (96.2) 3 (3.8) 3 (S624) 0
Tanga 119 97 (81.5) 97 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
2019 Mbeya 95 90 (94.7) 86 (95.6) 4 (4.4) 4 (P417, 2- C469 & R539) 0
Mtwara 93 88 (94.6) 84 (95.5) 4 (4.5) 3 (C469 & 2-F505) 1 (P475S)
Tabora 111 96 (86.5) 94 (98.0) 2 (2.0) 2 (P417) 0
Mwanza 104 79 (76.0) 79 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
2020 Pwani 97 83 (85.6) 82 (98.8) 1 (1.2) 1 (R539) 0
Kigoma 103 70 (68.0) 66 (94.3) 4 (5.7) 4 (P417) 0
Morogoro 96 95 (99.0) 91 (95.8) 4 (4.2) 3 (P417) 1 (R622I)
Tanga 116 100 (86.2) 100 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
2021 Mbeya 48 43 (89.6) 43 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
Mtwara 87 87 (100.0) 87 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
Mwanza 106 96 (90.6) 96 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 0
Tabora 110 107 (97.3) 106 (99.1) 1 (0.9) 1 (Y558) 0
Total 2015 1769 (87.8) 1724 (97.5) 45 (2.5) 37 (2.1%) 8 (0.4%)

k13 = P. falciparum kelch 13, SYN synonymous mutations, and NS non-synonymous mutations

*number of samples that passed the sequencing quality score criteria

**number of samples with either wild-type or mutant genotypes and their corresponding proportions where appropriate