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. 2021 Jul;27(7):1902–1908. doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203230

Table 3. Summary of Pfk13 gene mutations detected in Plasmodium falciparum pretreatment and DF samples, 9 countries in Africa, 2014–2018*.


No. samples pretreatment (DF)
Country (year) Total with sequencing attempted Poor quality or no amplification Successfully sequenced Wild-type samples
pretreatment
Other nonsynonymous mutations Synonymous mutations
Angola (2015) 379 (0) 77 (0) 302 (0) 291 (0) 5 (0) 6 (0)
Angola (2017) 38 (38) 0 (2) 38 (36) 37 (36) 1 (0) 0 (0)
Benin (2017) 175 (19) 20 (1) 155 (18) 151 (18) 1 (0) 3 (0)
DRC (2017–2018) 317 (316) 13 (34) 304 (282) 295 (269) 1 (2) 8 (11)
Guinea (2016) 409 (23) 20 (1) 389 (22) 380 (22) 1 (0) 8 (0)
Kenya (2016–2017) 325 (92) 7 (4) 318 (88) 302 (85) 8 (2) 8 (1)
Malawi (2014) 8 (19) 1 (5) 7 (14) 7 (14) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Mali (2015–2016) 320 (90) 68 (48) 252 (42) 244 (39) 1 (0) 7 (3)
Tanzania (2016) 345 (72) 20 (12) 325 (60) 306 (57) 6 (0) 13 (3)
Zambia (2016)
263 (0)
50 (0)
213 (0)
200 (0)
1 (0)
12 (0)
Total 2,579 (669) 276 (107) 2,303 (562) 2,213 (540) 25 (4) 65 (18)

*DF, day of failure; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Pfk13, Plasmodium falciparum kelch 13.