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Table 2 k13 mutations among samples collected during TES in the eight regions of Tanzania from 2016 to 2021

From: Trends of Plasmodium falciparum molecular markers associated with resistance to artemisinins and reduced susceptibility to lumefantrine in Mainland Tanzania from 2016 to 2021

Year

Region

#Sequenced

k13* (%)

k13**

(wild-type) (%)

k13**

(mutant) (%)

k13 ** (SYN mutation)

k13** (NS mutation)

2016

Kigoma

118

101 (85.6)

95 (94.1)

6 (5.9)

3 (2-R471 & C469)

3 (2-Q613E &I416V)

Morogoro

104

96 (92.3)

92 (95.8)

4 (4.2)

2 (R471 & R539)

2 (E433D & A578S)

Pwani

92

79 (85.9)

75 (94.9)

4 (5.1)

4 (P417, C469 & 2-V487

0

Tanga

109

100 (91.7)

95 (95.0)

5 (5.0)

4 (P417 & 3-C469)

1 (R471S)

2018

Kigoma

111

96 (86.5)

96 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

Morogoro

99

87 (87.9)

84 (96.6)

3 (3.4)

3 (G538 & 2-R539)

0

Pwani

97

79 (81.4)

76 (96.2)

3 (3.8)

3 (S624)

0

Tanga

119

97 (81.5)

97 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

2019

Mbeya

95

90 (94.7)

86 (95.6)

4 (4.4)

4 (P417, 2- C469 & R539)

0

Mtwara

93

88 (94.6)

84 (95.5)

4 (4.5)

3 (C469 & 2-F505)

1 (P475S)

Tabora

111

96 (86.5)

94 (98.0)

2 (2.0)

2 (P417)

0

Mwanza

104

79 (76.0)

79 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

2020

Pwani

97

83 (85.6)

82 (98.8)

1 (1.2)

1 (R539)

0

Kigoma

103

70 (68.0)

66 (94.3)

4 (5.7)

4 (P417)

0

Morogoro

96

95 (99.0)

91 (95.8)

4 (4.2)

3 (P417)

1 (R622I)

Tanga

116

100 (86.2)

100 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

2021

Mbeya

48

43 (89.6)

43 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

Mtwara

87

87 (100.0)

87 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

Mwanza

106

96 (90.6)

96 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0

0

Tabora

110

107 (97.3)

106 (99.1)

1 (0.9)

1 (Y558)

0

Total

 

2015

1769 (87.8)

1724 (97.5)

45 (2.5)

37 (2.1%)

8 (0.4%)

  1. k13 = P. falciparum kelch 13, SYN synonymous mutations, and NS non-synonymous mutations
  2. *number of samples that passed the sequencing quality score criteria
  3. **number of samples with either wild-type or mutant genotypes and their corresponding proportions where appropriate