Table 2.

Characterization of articles included which study molecular deletions on pfhrp2/3

First author	Country	Samples’ year	Collection season	Study population	Methodologies
Abdallah [19]	Honduras	2008–09	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, SSR/STR
Okoth [39]	Suriname and Guyana	2010–11	High transmission	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, SSR/STR
Akinyi [57]	Peru	1998–05	High transmission	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, SSR/STR
Amoah [74]	Ghana	2014–15	Low transmission	Population sampling among children, asymptomatic	PCR
Atroosh [48]	Yemen	2012	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR, Seq
Baker [15]	18 countriesa	2010	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq
Baldeviano [59]	Peru	2010–12	Malaria outbreak	Malaria confirmed samples among symptomatic patients at health centre	PCR, SSR/STR
Berhane [14]	Eritrea	2016	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages, from health centre	PCR, SSR/STR
Berzosa [21]	Equatorial Guinea	2013	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages	PCR, Seq., SSR/STR
Beshir [49]	Kenya	2007–08 and 2014	Not reported	Population sampling among symptomatic at health centre and among children Asymptomatic	PCR, Seq
Bharti [24]	India	2014	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR, Seq
Deme [38]	Senegal, Mali and Uganda	2001–10	High transmission	Malaria confirmed field samples, from health centre	Seq., SSR/STR
Dong [58]	China	2013–18	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR, Seq., SSR/STR
Dorado [20]	Colombia	2003–12	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq., SSR/STR
Fontecha [41]	Honduras Guatemala and Nicaragua	2011 and 2015	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR
Funwei [69]	Nigeria	2013–14	Both or annual	Population sampling among children, Symptomatic	PCR, Seq
Gamboa [18]	Peru	2003–07 and 2007	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples from health facility and population sampling among symptomatic (active case detection)	PCR, Seq., ELISA
Gupta [22]	Mozambique	2010–16	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages	PCR
Herman [43]	Haiti	2012–14	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR
Kobayashi [52]	Zambia	2009–11 and 2015–17	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages	PCR
Koita [28]	Mali	1996	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages and children asymptomatic	PCR
Kozycki [11]	Ruanda	2014–15	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic at health centre	PCR
Kreidenweiss [55]	Gabon	2017–18	Both or annual	Lab strains and clinical sample	PCR, Seq
Kumar Bharti [71]	India	2014	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq
Kumar [42]	India	2010	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR
Kumar [50]	India	2009–11	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq
Laban [54]	Zambia	2008–12	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages	PCR
Li [45]	China	2011–12	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq
Maltha [13]	Peru	2010–11	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples, from health centre	PCR
Menegon [23]	Eritrea	2013–14	Not reported	Population sampling among all ages	PCR
Murillo-Solano [63]	Colombia	1999–09	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, SSR/STR
Mussa [61]	Sudan	Not reported	Not reported	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR, Seq
Nderu [9]	Kenya	2007–16	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples, from symptomatic patients	PCR, Seq
Nderu [60]	Kenya	2016	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples from symptomatic patients	PCR, Seq., SSR/STR
Okoth [44]	Peru	2013	Malaria outbreak	Malaria confirmed field samples from symptomatic patients	PCR, SSR/STR
Owusu [47]	Ghana	2015	Both or annual	Population sampling among children, HIV positives and healthy	PCR
Parr [46]	D.R. of Congo	2013–2014	Both or annual	Population sampling among children, majority asymptomatic	PCR, SSR/STR
Pati [25]	India	2013–16	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR, Seq
Plucinski [51]	Angola	2016	High transmission	Population sampling among all ages, at health centre	PCR
Rachid Viana [40]	Brazil and Bolivia	2010–12	Not reported	Malaria confirmed field samples, at health centre	PCR
Ramutton [37]	7 countriesb	2005–10	Not reported	Population sampling among children with severe malaria	PCR, Seq
Ranadive [53]	Swaziland	2012–15	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, symptomatic	PCR
Sáenz [56]	Ecuador	2012–13	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples
Thomson [12]	Ghana Tanzania and Uganda	2009–10 and 2014–15	High transmission	Malaria confirmed field samples from symptomatic population with all ages, at health facilities and national survey	PCR
Trouvay [73]	French Guiana	2009 and 2011	Both or annual	Malaria confirmed field samples	PCR, Seq., SSR/STR
Willie [30]	Papua New Guinea	2001–03	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages	PCR, Seq
Willie [62]	Madagascar	2014–15	Both or annual	Population sampling among all ages, mostly asymptomatic	PCR, Seq
Wurtz [16]	Senegal	2009–11	High transmission	Malaria confirmed field samples, at health centre	PCR, Seq

Seq. sequencing, SSR/STR techniques based on microsatellite analysis

^aBenin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is., East Timor, Vanatu, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, Santa Lucia, SUriname, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

^bDemocratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda