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. 2008 Oct 28;7:219. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-219

Table 2.

Distribution of amino-acid repeats in PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 from parasites collected throughout Madagascar in 2006.

No. of amino acid repeats in PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 Region and City

North Centre South Total



ATS SBV ATH MJG MAE STM TDD MIA MHT MOR FNR MNK IHO TLR EJE
1 AHHAHHVAD 1–5 1–5 1–6 1–5 1–5 2 1–5 1–4 1–3 1–4 2–4 3 1–4 1–4 1–4 1–6
1 AHHAHHVAD 1 1–2 1–3 1–3 1 1 1–3 1–3 1–2 1 1–2 1 1–4 1 1 1–4
2 AHHAHHAAD 8–16 11–13 10–14 4–15 8–14 14 10–14 11–13 11–12 10–13 8–15 12 8–14 7–14 7–15 4–16
3 AHHAHHAAY 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–3
4 AHH 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 1 0 0–1 0–1 0–3
4 AHH 1 1 1–2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1–2
5 AHHAHHASD 0–1 1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1 0–2 0–2 1 0–1 0–3 0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3
6 AHHATD 3–5 3–5 2–5 2–7 2–6 2 2–8 2–6 3–5 3–8 1–3 3 1–3 2–4 2–5 1–8
7 AHHAAD 2–10 4–7 4–11 3–8 4–8 6 3–9 3–8 5–8 3–10 4–13 6 5–10 4–9 3–8 2–13
7 AHHAAD 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0–1 1 0–1
8 AHHAAY 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 3 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2
9 AAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 AHHAAAHHATD 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 2 0–2 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–3
11 AHN 0 0 0 0–1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0–1
12 AHHAAAHHEAATH 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
13 AHHASD 0–1 0–2 0–1 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0 0–1 0 0 0–1 0 0–1 0–2
14 AHHAHHATD 0–2 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
15 AHHAAY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0–1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0–1
16 AAY 8–14 8–13 7–13 9–13 8–18 10–14 10–14 10–16 8–14 8–15 8–14 15 10–14 8–15 7–14 7–18
17 AHHAAAHHATD 1–8 5–9 5–8 4–7 5–8 4–8 5–7 3–7 5–10 0–7 4–10 6 4–8 4–6 3–8 0–10
18 AHN 1–3 1–4 1–3 1–4 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–3 2 0–3 2 2 1–2 1–3 2–3 0–4