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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Genet Evol. 2009 May 4;9(5):806–812. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.04.015

Table 5.

Frequency of mutations in genes associated with resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum from asymptomatic infections from lowland and highland sites of Western Kenya.

Lowland Highland
Gene Mutation Polymorphism Chemelil Miwani Kisian Iguhu06
pfcrt K76T Mutant 0.76 0.65 0.50 0.78
Mixed 0.12 0.20 0.39 0.06
Wild-type 0.12 0.15 0.11 0.16
pfmdr1 N86Y Mutant 0.37 0.47 0.26 0.24
Mixed 0.37 0.45 0.55 0.46
Wild-type 0.26 0.08 0.19 0.30
Y184F Mutant 0 0 0 0.00
Mixed 0.71 0.72 0.55 0.70
Wild-type 0.29 0.28 0.45 0.30
N1042D Mutant 0 0 0 0
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Wild-type 100 1.00 100 100
D1246Y Mutant 0.58 0.42 0.12 0.54
Mixed 0.38 0.48 0.82 0.37
Wild-type 0.04 0.10 0.06 0.09
pfdhfr N51I Mutant 0.86 0.75 0.90 1.00
Mixed 0.07 0.22 0.07 0
Wild-type 0.07 0.03 0.03 0
C59R Mutant 0.86 0.67 0.69 0
Mixed 0.07 0.33 0.16 1.00
Wild-type 0.07 0 0.15 0
S108N Mutant 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Wild-type 0 0 0 0
pfdhps A437G Mutant 0.04 0.09 0.84 0.73
Mixed 0.96 0.85 0.03 0.10
Wild-type 0 0.06 0.13 0.17
K540E Mutant 0.43 0.75 0.07 0.36
Mixed 0.36 0.17 0.72 0.36
Wild-type 0.21 0.08 0.21 0.28