Table 1.
Distribution of size variants of msp-1 and msp-2 in Indian P. falciparum isolates
| Assam | Orissa | West Bengal | |||
| Karbi Anglong | Kamrup | Keonjhar | Sundergarh | Darjeeling | |
| msp-1 | n = 18 | n = 27 | n = 24 | n = 40 | n = 22 |
| K1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 12 |
| MAD20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| R033 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| K1+MAD20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| K1+R033 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MAD20+R033 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K1+MAD20+R033 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multiclonal isolates % | 83.3 | 33.3 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 13.6 |
| msp-2 | n = 22 | n = 28 | n = 19 | n = 40 | n = 22 |
| FC27 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| 3D7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| FC27+3D7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 0 |
| Multiclonal isolates % | 22.7 | 7.1 | 26.3 | 62.5 | 0.0 |