Table 5.
Frequencies of merozoite surface protein 1 allelic variants with respect to locality, Mount Cameroon area
| Characteristic | Allelic type, no. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-1 | MAD20 | RO33 | ||
| High altitude | Bonakanda (18) | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Likoko Membea (19) | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Total (37) | 6 (16.21) | 9 (24.32) | 10 (27.02) | |
| Intermediate altitude | Meanja (30) | 2 | 19 | 16 |
| Mutengene (30) | 9 | 17 | 8 | |
| Total (60) | 11 (18.33) | 36 (60) | 24 (40) | |
| Low altitude | Debundscha (15) | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Tiko (30) | 12 | 15 | 8 | |
| Total (45) | 15 (33.33) | 24 (53.33) | 16 (35.55) | |
| Overall total of each allelic type (142) | 32 (22.53) | 69 (48.59) | 50 (35.21) | |
| Chi-square test | χ2 = 7.731, P = 0.021 | χ2 = 15.956, P < 0.001 | χ2 = 2.529, P = 0.282 | |