Table 1.
Distribution of alleles in block II of PmMSP1 and PbrMSP1.
| Allele | Sequence | Total | Distribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Country* (n) | ||||
| P.m | P.br | ||||
| I | NKDGNT––TTN–--ANN | 21 | 21 | – | Thailand (21) |
| II | NKDGNTSTTTN––-ANN | 8 | 8 | – | Thailand (8) |
| III | NKDGNT––TTNANNANN | 1 | 1 | – | Thailand (1) |
| IV | NKDGNTS-TTNANNANN | 1 | 1 | – | Thailand (1) |
| V | NKDGNT––TTD–-–ANN | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Myanmar (3), Thailand (2), Cameroon (1), French Guiana (1) French Guiana (2) |
| VI | ––––-–––-TN––-ANN | 7 | 3 | 4 | Thailand (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Brazil (4) |
| VII | ––––-–––-TNANN––N | 2 | – | 2 | Brazil (2) |
| VIII | ––––-–––-TDANN––N | 1 | – | 1 | Brazil (1) |
| IX | NKDGST––TTD–-–ANN | 1 | – | 1 | French Guiana (1) |
P.m and P.br denote Plasmodium malariae and P. brasilianum, respectively. Thai isolates and GenBank accession numbers of isolates elsewhere are (I) PM2-PM8, PM10, PM14, PM16-PM19, PM22-PM26 and PM31-PM33; (II) PM9, PM11, PM12, PM21, PM28-PM30 and PM34; (III) PM1, (IV) PM35, (V) PM20, PM27, FJ824669, KX672046-KX672048, AF138879, AF138881 and AF138882; (VI) PM13, PM15, AF138878, FLQW01000468, KC906711, KC906714, KC906715, (VII) KC906713 and KC906716; (VIII) KC906712 and (IX) AF138880. *Bolds are countries for P. brasilianum.