Table 3.

Msp1 and msp2 genotyping by CE and gel electrophoresis of 240 microscopy P. falciparum-positive samples from asymptomatic children

	Capillary electrophoresis							Gel electrophoresis
	msp1				msp2			msp1				msp2
	K1	MAD20	RO33	total	FC27	IC	total	K1	MAD20	RO33	total	FC27	IC	total
PCR positive	195	129	124	223	169	204	223	197	129	126	223	166	201	223
Fragmentsa	314	160	124	598	230	415	645	225	147	126	498	191	253	444
Frequencyb	33	14	1	48	20	76	96	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
Meanc (95%CI)	1.61	1.24	1.0	2.68 (2.50–2.86)	1.37	2.03	2.89 (2.66–3.13)	1.14	1.14	1.0	2.23 (2.11–2.36)	1.15	1.26	1.99 (1.89–2.09)

^a Total number of detected msp1 and msp2 fragments

^b number of different alleles detected in all samples, size bins of 3 bp

^c Number of alleles/sample, excluding all parasite-negative samples

n.d. not determined