Skip to main content

Table 2 Pfhrp2 exon 2 length and repeat polymorphism data by country

From: Sequence variation does not confound the measurement of plasma PfHRP2 concentration in African children presenting with severe malaria

Population

Mozambique

Tanzania (Teule)

Combined

P value

Total number

34

32

66

 

Length: median (range)

741 (627–816)

759 (651–876)

751.5 (627–876)

0.12

Haplotypes

34

32

66

 

Repeats

    

Type 2

12 (10–17)

12 (8–16)

12 (8–17)

0.70

Type 7

7 (3–10)

8 (2–11)

7 (2–11)

0.22

  1. The types and numbers of repeats for each sequence were examined using the repeat structure described by Baker et al.[21].