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. 2021 Feb;27(2):471–479. doi: 10.3201/eid2702.191410

Table 1. Summary of pfhrp2/pfhrp3 gene deletion screening results showing pfhrp2/pfhrp3 status for Plasmodium spp. isolates, by parasite country of origin, Australia*.

Source Country/strain name No. cases pfhrp2/pfhrp3 status, no. (%)
% Symptomatic % Refugee
+/− −/+ −/−
Africa Cameroon 3 0 0 0 66.6 33.3
Gambia 5 0 0 0 100 0
Ghana 17 0 1 (0.06) 0 100 0
Ivory Coast 2 0 0 0 100 0
Kenya 18 0 1 (0.06) 0 100 0
Madagascar 1 0 0 0 100 0
Malawi 6 0 0 0 33.3 66.6
Mali 3 0 1 (33.3) 0 100 0
Nigeria 30 0 4 (13.3) 0 100 0
Sierra Leone 13 0 0 0 92.3 7.7
South Africa 2 0 0 0 100 0
South Sudan 17 1 (5.9) 3 (17.6) 0 52.9 47.1
Sudan 39 1 (2.6) 4 (10.3) 0 100 0
Sumatra 2 1 (50) 0 0 100 0
Togo 1 0 1 (100) 0 100 0
Tanzania 4 1 (25) 0 0 100 0
Uganda 2 0 0 0 100 0
Zambia 5 0 1 (20) 0 100 0
Zimbabwe 1 0 0 0 100 0

Unknown†
27
0
3 (11.1)
0
100
0
Asia Cambodia 1 0 0 0 100 0
India 3 0 0 0 100 0
Indonesia 1 0 0 0 100 0
Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 0 100 0

Thailand
1
0
0
0
100
0
South America
Peru
1
1 (100)
0
0
100
0
Laboratory strains 3D7 1 0 0 0 NA NA
3BD5 1 0 0 1 (100) NA NA
D10 1 0 1 (100) 0 NA NA
Dd2 1 0 1 (100) 0 NA NA
HB3 1 0 1 (100) 0 NA NA

*NA, not applicable.
†Cases in which clinical notes state African origins but do not specify a country.