Research Article

Genetic Polymorphism of msp1 and msp2 in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Côte d’Ivoire versus Gabon

Table 1

Distribution of the different allelic families of msp1 and msp2 genes.

Côte d’IvoireGabon

msp1 ()()

K1, (%)53 (64.6)30 (56.6)0.349
Mad20, (%)33 (40.2)23 (43.4)0.716
RO33, (%)29 (35.4)17 (32.1)0.694

msp2 ()()

3D7 (%)53 (73.6)37 (72.5)0.896
FC27 (%)37 (51.4)24 (47.1)0.636

Chi-square test.