Table 3.
Distribution of alleles in block VIII of PmMSP1 and PbrMSP1.
| Allele | Sequence | Distribution (n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Country* | |||
| P.m | P.br | |||
| I | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQATVPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 15 | Thailand (12), Myanmar (1), Brazil (2) | |
| II | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAV----------------PAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 6 | Thailand (6) | |
| III | PQQQSSS-AQPQAALPAQPQAAV--------PAQSQATVPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 5 | Thailand (5) | |
| IV | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQAAVPATT--------- | 4 | Thailand (4) | |
| V | PQQQSSS-AQPQAAVPAQSQATV----------------PAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 4 | Thailand (3), Saudi Arabia (1) | |
| VI | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQATV--------PAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 2 | Thailand (2) | |
| VII | PQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQATV----------------PAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Cameroon (1) | |
| VIII | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Thailand (1) | |
| IX | PQQQSSS-AQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQATVPAQSQAAVPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Thailand (1) | |
| X | PQPQAALPAQPQAAV––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––PATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Thailand (1) | |
| XI | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQATVPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Myanmar (1) | |
| XII | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQAAL––––––––PAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 1 | Brazil (1) | |
| XIII | PQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAALPAQPQAAVPAQSQAALPAQSQAAVPATTQSSSVSAPT | 8 | 4 | Brazil (8), Brazil (3), Peru (1) |
P.m and P.br denote Plasmodium malariae and P. brasilianum, respectively. Dash indicates a deletion. Thai isolates and GenBank accession numbers of isolates elsewhere are (I) PM1, PM2, PM10, PM14, PM20–27; KX672048, KR072259 and KR072258; (II) PM3–PM7; (III) PM11, PM12 and PM28–PM30; (IV) PM16–PM19; (V) PM31, PM34, PM35 and FLQW01000468, (VI) PM32 and PM33; (VII) FJ824669; (VIII) PM9; (IX) PM13; (X) PM15; (XI) KX672047; (XII) KR072262; (XIII) KR072254–KR072257, KR072260–KR072263, KR072265–KR072268 and KY189272. *Bolds are countries for P. brasilianum.