Table 2.

Distribution of allelic families of msp1 and msp2 genes of P.falciparum

	Localities
	Pikine (n=45)	Kédougou (n=50)	Thiès (n=41)	Total (136)
Gene /Allelic families	N(%)
Msp1
K1	22(49)	14(28)	25(61)	61(44)
MAD20	6(13)	10(20)	2(5)	18(13)
RO33	1(2)	3(6)	4(9)	8(6)
K1+MAD20	4(9)	9(18)	2(5)	15(11)
K1+ RO33	4(9)	4(8)	7(17)	15(11)
MAD20+RO33	8(18)	4(8)	1(3)	13(10)
K1+MAD20+RO33	0	6(12)	0	6(5)
Total K1	30(66.66)	33(66)	34(82.9)	97(71)
Total MAD20	18(40)	29(59)	5(12.1)	52(38)
Total RO33	13(28.88)	17(35)	12(29.2)	42(31)
Multiclonal isolates	16(36)	23(46)	10(25)	49(36)
Msp2
IC3D7	20(44)	26(52)	25(60)	71(52)
FC27	11(24)	7(14)	5(13)	23(17)
IC3D7 + FC27	14(32)	17(34)	11(27)	42(31)
Total IC3D7	34(76)	43(86)	36(88)	113(83)
Total FC27	25(56)	24(48)	16(40)	65(48)
Multiclonal isolates	14(32)	17(34)	11(27)	42(31)

n: number of isolates