Research Article

Occurrence of pfatpase6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Artemisinin Resistance among Field Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in North-Eastern Tanzania

Table 2

Trends of pfatpase6 mutation frequencies from 2010 to 2013 expressed as /154 (%).

SNPPfatpase6 genotype201020112013Overall frequency

L263EWild type154 (100)148 (96.1)150 (97.4)145 (94.2)
Heterozygous0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)2 (1.3)
Mutant0 (0)6 (3.9)4 (2.6)8 (5.2)
H M0 (0)6 (3.9)4 (2.6)9 (5.8)

E431KWild type128 (83.1)138 (89.6)134 (87.0)125 (81.2)
Heterozygous9 (5.8)6 (3.9)4 (2.6)8 (5.2)
Mutant18 (11.7)11 (7.1)16 (10.4)17 (11.0)
H M26 (16.9)16 (10.4)20 (13.0)25 (16.2)

A623EWild type154 (100)154 (100)154 (100)154 (100)
Heterozygous0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Mutant0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
H M0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)

S769NWild type150 (97.4)148 (96.1)146 (94.8)148 (96.1)
Heterozygous2 (1.3)0 (0)0 (0)1
Mutant2 (1.3)6 (3.9)8 (5.2)5 (3.2)
H M3 (1.9)6 (3.9)8 (5.2)6 (3.9)

H M: mutant and heterozygous genotype frequencies combined.