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. 2015 Jan 28;14:37. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0560-3

Table 2.

Associations between Plasmodium falciparum genetic mutations and IC 50 values for chloroquine (CQ), piperaquine (PQ), naphthoquine (NQ), pyronaridine (PY), lumefantrine (LM), dihydroartemisinin (DHA), artesunate (AS) artemether (AM)

pfcrt Wild-type (CVMNK) Mixed Mutant
CQ 12 (n = 1) 30 (n = 1) 96 (79–117) (n = 39)
NQ 5.9 (n = 1) 0.6 (n = 1) 4.3 (3.9-5.9) (n = 37)
PQ 13.0 (n = 1) 11.4 (n = 1) 21.3 (16.8-27.0) (n = 39)
PY 32.5 (n = 1) 2.2 (n = 1) 7.4 (5.5-9.8) (n = 36)
LM 17.8 (n = 1) 2.0 (n = 1) 1.5 (1.0-2.0) (n = 34)
DHA 6.6 (n = 1) 3.8 (n = 1) 5.0 (3.0-6.4) (n = 40)
AS 6.6 (n = 1)) 2.1 (n = 1) 5.4 (3.7-8.0) (n = 38)
AM 6.4 (n = 1) 3.3 (n = 1) 6.3 (5.0-7.8) (n = 39)
dhps Wild-type (SAKAA) Mixed Mutant
CQ 84 (59–118) (n = 17) 192 (39–944) (n = 3) 72 (41–124) (n = 8)
NQ 4.6 (2.4-8.8) (n = 16) 7.2 (3.1-16.4) (n = 3) 3.4 (1.7-6.8) (n = 8)
PQ 18.6 (12.4-27.9) (n = 17) 31.9 (19.7-51.7) (n = 3) 17.8 (9.2-34.2) (n = 8)
PY 8.0 (4.7-13.6) (n = 17) 9.0 (3.1-26.3) (n = 3) 7.3 (2.8-18.9) (n = 7)
LM 2.1 (1.0-4.4) (n = 16) 1.5 (1.5-1.6) (n = 3) 1.3 (0.9-2.0) (n = 6)
DHA 4.5 (3.0-6.7) (n = 17) 7.6 (0.8-72.6) (n = 3) 7.0 (3.2-15.1) (n = 8)
AS 6.2 (4.2-9.2) (n = 17) 8.0 (5.6-11.5) (n = 3) 6.9 (2.8-16.9) (n = 8)
AM 6.2 (4.2-9.2) (n = 17) 6.9 (4.7 -10.2) (n = 3) 5.7 (3.4-9.4) (n = 8)
dhfr Wild-type (NCSI) Mixed # Mutant
CQ - 161 (22–1195) (n = 3) 89 (71–112) (n = 33)
NQ - 4.7 (2.0-10.1) (n = 3) 4.1 (2.8-5.9) (n = 32)
PQ - 17.39 (2.7-113.3) (n = 3) 20.5 (15.9-26.5) (n = 34)
PY - 3.9 (0.6-27.4) (n = 3) 7.7 (5.5-10.7) (n = 32)
LM - 1.2 (0.5-2.7) (n = 3) 1.6 (1.0-2.4) (n = 30)
DHA - 8.0 (0.8-72.3) (n = 3) 4.9 (3.7-6.5) (n = 34)
AS - 7.4 (4.1-13.4) (n = 3) 5.7 (3.8-8.5) (n = 33)
AM - 7.5 (2.2-26) (n = 3) 6.2 (4.8-7.9) (n = 34)
pfmdr1 Wild-type (NYSND) Mixed Mutant
CQ - 39 (12–125) (n = 3) 96 (77–122) (n = 33)*
NQ - 1.5 (1.5-1.5) (n = 2) 4.4 (3.1-6.2) (n = 32)
PQ - 11.5 (6.6-20.1) (n = 3) 20.9 (16.2-27.1) (n = 34)
PY - 2.2 (0.0-217.1) (n = 2) 7.8 (5.7-10.9) (n = 32)
LM - 0.8 (0.2-2.8) (n = 3) 1.7 (1.1-2.5) (n = 30)
DHA - 4.7 (2.9-7.6) (n = 3) 5.1 (3.8-6.8) (n = 34)
AS - 3.8 (0.5-30.6) (n = 3) 5.8 (3.9-8.7) (n = 33)
AM - 5.9 (2.5-13.6) (n = 3) 6.4 (5.0-8.2) (n = 34)

Values are given as geometric mean (95% confidence interval [where applicable]) with (number of paired observations).

*P < 0.05 by Mann–Whitney U test; #‘Mixed’ corresponds to a mix of NRNI and NRTI, since no wild types were found.