Table 2.

Genetic diversity of P. falciparum msp2 gene

	No. of samples	Prevalence (%)	Fragment size (bp)	Total No. of allelesa	Allelic frequencyb
3D7	23	45	250-450	38	55
FC27	18	35	280-680	31	45
FC27 + 3D7	7	14
Non identified	3	6
Total	51	100		69	100

No. Number

^a Total number of alleles is the number of different msp2 alleles distinguished by the size and the family type (3D7 and FC27)

^b Allelic frequency is defined as the ratio of 3D7 or FC27 alleles out of the total number of msp2 alleles