Research Article

Clinical Variation of Plasmodium falciparum eba-175, ama-1, and msp-3 Genotypes in Young Children Living in a Seasonally High Malaria Transmission Setting in Burkina Faso

Table 3

Age variation of eba-175, msp-3, and ama-1 allele prevalence.

AllelesAsymptomatic malaria casesSymptomatic malaria cases
≤1 year (45)1–3 years (99)>3 years (84)≤1 year (66)1–3 years (92)>3 years (41)

eba-175EBA-175_CAMP46.752.540.530.317.436.6
EBA-175_FCR95.687.985.748.548.943.9
value0.40.010.120.080.0050.4

ama-1AMA-1_K137.838.423.812.121.726.8
AMA-1_3D737.838.427.415.230.412.2
AMA-1_HB366.749.561.922.729.331.7
value0.0060.180.000010.240.350.1

msp-3MSP-3_K142.234.335.745.559.843.9
MSP-3_3D751.152.547.660.639.153.7
value0.000010.000010.000010.030.000010.5

Significant value <0.05.