Table 3 Comparison of the mean number of each type of repeat in PfHRP2 and PfHRP3 from parasites from different geographic areas.
PfHRP2 sequences | PfHRP3 sequences | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of repeats | Total (n = 229) | North (n = 90) | Centre (n = 81) | South (n = 58) | P | Total (n = 237) | North (n = 90) | Centre (n = 84) | South (n = 63) | P | ||||||||
mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | |||
1 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.66 | 1.17 | 0.58 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.70 |
2 | 12.0 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 2.1 | 12.1 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 0.81 | |||||||||
3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.15 | |||||||||
4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.47 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.36 |
5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.03 | |||||||||
6 | 3.4 | 1;2 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.01 | |||||||||
7 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.73 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.98 | 0.14 | 0.31 |
8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.23 | |||||||||
10 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.71 | |||||||||
13 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 0.2 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0.08 | |||||||||
14 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |||||||||
15 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.43 | |||||||||
16 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 11.2 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 11.4 | 1.8 | 0.73 | |||||||||
17 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.68 | |||||||||
18 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.61 | |||||||||