Skip to main content
. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0149519. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149519

Table 2. Pkdhfr mutations among patients enrolled at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and Kudat and Kota Marudu District Hospitals with knowlesi malaria.

No. (%) of isolates from QEH No. (%) of isolates from Kudat/KM Total
Amino acid position Allelic variants (n = 263) (n = 186) (n = 449)
24 D (wild type) 262 (99.6) 186 (100) 448 (99.8)
Y (mutant) 1 (0.4) 0 1 (0.2)
29 E (wild type) 262 (99.6) 186 (100) 448 (99.8)
K (mutant) 1 (0.4) 0 1 (0.2)
34 R (wild type) 232 (88.2) 172 (92.5) 404 (90.0)
L (mutant)* 31 (11.8) 14 (7.5) 45 (10.0)
44 A (wild type) 262 (99.6) 181 (97.3) 443 (98.7)
T (mutant) 1 (0.4) 5 (2.7) 6 (1.3)
52 V (wild type) 259 (98.5) 184 (98.9) 443 (98.7)
L (mutant) 4 (1.5) 2 (1.1) 6 (1.3)
77 E (wild type) 262 (99.6) 185 (99.5) 373 (99.4)
G (mutant) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.5) 2 (0.6)
91 T (wild type) 239 (90.9) 157 (84.4) 396 (88.2)
P (mutant)* 21 (8.0) 25 (13.4) 46 (10.2)
A (mutant) 3 (1.1) 3 (1.6) 6 (2.4)
P/A (mutant) 0 (0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.2)
92 H (wild type) 259 (98.5) 185 (99.5) 444 (98.9)
Q (mutant) 4 (1.5) 1 (0.5) 5 (1.1)
108 Q (wild type) 262 (99.6) 186 (100) 448 (99.8)
H (mutant) 1 (0.4) 0 1 (0.2)
119 E (wild type) 257 (97.7) 186 (100) 443 (98.7)
V (mutant) 6 (2.3) 0 6 (1.3)
129 P (wild type) 259 (98.5) 184 (98.9) 443 (98.7)
Q (mutant) 4 (1.5) 2 (1.1) 6 (1.3)
149 V (wild type) 256 (97.3) 172 (92.5) 428 (95.3)
A (mutant)* 7 (2.7) 14 (7.5) 21 (4.7)
157 D (wild type) 260 (98.9) 184 (98.9) 444 (98.9)
Y (mutant) 2 (0.8) 2 (1.1) 4 (0.9)
N (mutant) 1 (0.4) 0 1 (0.2)
160 L (wild type) 263 (100) 185 (99.5) 448 (99.8)
F (mutant) 0 (0) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.2)

*The most common mutations (prevalence >4%)

Excludes the 13 patients enrolled into the study at KDH/KMDH and subsequently transferred to QEH.