Subject area	Microbiology
More specific subject area	Epidemiology of malaria
Type of data	Tables and graph
How data was acquired	Sample collection, Microscopy, PCR analysis
Data format	Raw, analyzed
Experimental factors	DNA extraction from blood and saliva samples of subjects presenting with fever and parasitaemia of ≥2000 parasites/ul of blood in selected health facilities.
Experimental features	PCR was used to detect of Plasmodium falciparum parasites and resistance genes.
Data source location	Medical diagnostics laboratory Covenant University Medical center and Molecular Research laboratory, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Data accessibility	Within this research
Related research article	Olasehinde GI, Ojurongbe OO, Fagade EO, Ruchi S, Egwari LO, Ajayi AA, Adeyeba OA. Detection of Molecular Markers of Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Plasmodium Falciparum from South-Western Nigeria. Covenant Journal of Physical and Life Sciences; 2014 1(2): 61- 75.