Table 2. Observed proportions of various families of msp-1 and msp-2, allele numbers and size range among P. falciparum isolates of Ranchi, Hazaribag, Bokaro, Palamau and Latehar districts of Jharkhand.

		Ranchi	Hazaribag	Bokaro	Palamau	Latehar
Gene	Genotype
Pfmsp-1
	K1
	Observed nos.	13	15	13	10	12
	Observed allele nos.	4	5	3	7	6
	Size range (bp)	160–400	160–350	170–300	180–400	160–400
	MAD20
	Observed nos.	16	20	14	17	18
	Observed allele nos.	5	9	6	8	7
	Size range (bp)	175–500	180–600	175–400	175–550	175–600
	RO33
	Observed nos.	7	8	10	5	8
	Observed allele nos.	2	1	2	3	2
	Size range (bp)	170, 220	220	170, 220	170, 220, 200	170, 220
	Proportion of unique alleles	11/36 = 30.5%	15/43 = 34.8%	11/37 = 29.7%	18/32 = 56.2%	15/38 = 39.4%
	Multiplicity of infection	1.44	1.43	1.42	1.28	1.35
Pfmsp-2
	FC27
	Observed nos.	11	19	15	15	18
	Observed allele nos.	7	4	5	8	9
	Size range (bp)	240–550	250–600	240–500	250–550	250–600
	3D7
	Observed nos.	20	23	22	22	22
	Observed allele nos.	9	3	5	8	11
	Size range (bp)	450–600	460–650	450–550	450–650	460–600
	Proportion of unique alleles	16/31 = 51.6%	7/42 = 16.6%	10/37–27%	16/37 = 43.2%	20/40 = 50%
	Multiplicity of infection	1.24	1.4	1.42	1.48	1.42