Fig. 1.

Alignment of predicted Plasmodium spp. MSP1₁₉ protein sequences using COBALT [61]. Residues in the P. malariae sequence that differ from the Cameroon sequence of Birkenmeyer et al. [38] are shaded. Predicted protein sequences resulting from the oligonucleotides used in PCR amplification are underlined. The positions of residues conserved among all the presented MSP1₁₉ protein sequences are indicated in the consensus with divergent residues indicated by a dot. GenBank accession numbers are MH577181, P. ovale Nigeria I strain; MH577182, P. malariae China I strain; MH577183, P. malariae Greece I strain; MH577184, P. malariae Uganda I strain; and MH577185, P. malariae Guyana strain