Table 4.
Epidemiological and plasmodial molecular features of 4 malaria cases hospitalized in Taranto. All 9 polymorphic markers analysed showed markedly size discordance among the four isolates
| Patient | Epidemiological characteristics of the patient | Comparison among the patients for nine polymorphic molecular markers from P. falciparum isolates | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Gender | Onset of symptoms | Hospitalization period | MSP1 | MSP1-K1 | MSP1-RO33 | MSP1-MAD20 | MSP2 | MSP2-FC27 | GLURP | HRP2 | HRP3 | |
| 1 (cryptic) | Sudan | Male | 20/09/2017 | 30/09/2017 | ** | ** | * | * | ** | * | * | ** | * |
| 2 (cryptic) | Morocco | Male | 22/09/2017 | 26/09/2017 | * | * | * | * | ** | * | n.a. | * | ** |
| 3 (cryptic) | Morocco | Male | 27/09/2017 | 01/10/2017 | * | * | * | n.a. | * | * | * | ** | * |
| 4 (cryptic) | Morocco | Male | 27/09/2017 | 02/10/2017 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ** | * | * |
* Size identity; ** Discordance in size; n.a. not applicable