Genetic Diversity of MSP1 Block 2 of Plasmodium vivax Isolates from Manaus (Central Brazilian Amazon)

Table 1

Repeats and their patterns of codon degeneracy in Pv-MSP1 Block 2 haplotypes.

Tripeptide repeats	Haplotypes							Pattern of codon degeneracy
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
SSE	1^1	1^1	1^1	1^1	1^1	1^1	1^1	1-AGT-TCG-GAA
SSG	0	3^1,2,3	1^3	3^1,2,3	2^1,3 or 4	3^1,2,3	1^3	1-TCT-TCT-GGA
								2-TCA-TCT-GGC
								3-TCG-AGT-GGC
								4-TCC-TCT-GGA
SSV	0	2^1,2	0	2^1,2	2^1,2	2^1	0	1-AGT-TCT-GTT
								2-TCA-TCT-GTC
SST	1	1	1		1		1	1-TCT-TCA-ACA
SSA	1							1-AGT-TCT-GCT
SSN	1^2		1^1		1^1		1^1	1-TCG-TCT-AAC
								2-TCA-TCT-AAC
SSP	1							1-TCT-TCT-CCA
SSS					1			1-TCA-TCT-TCT
GST	1^3	1^1	2^2	2^1	1^1	3^1	3^3	1-GGT-TCA-ACT
								2-GGT-TCG-ACT
								3-GGT-TCA-ACA

Numbers indicate how many repetitions one tripeptide repeat occurred in each haplotype. The overwritten numbers distinguish synonymous mutations in the codon sequences of repeat presented in each haplotype, according to column Pattern of codon degeneracy.