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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Novel Mutations in K13 Propeller Gene of Artemisinin-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum

Rie IsozumiComments to Author , Haruki Uemura, Isao Kimata, Yoshio Ichinose, John Logedi, Ahmeddin H. Omar, and Akira Kaneko
Author affiliations: Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan (R. Isozumi, I. Kimata, A. Kaneko); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (H. Uemura, Y. Ichinose); Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya (J. Logedi, A.H. Omar); Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (A. Kaneko)

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Table 1

Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and analysis of K13 propeller gene, Mbita District, Kenya, 2012–2013

Time Study site Total no. samples PCR positive, no (%)* K13 propeller gene analyzed, no.
2012 Feb
 Kibuogi 130 34 (26.2) 21
Ngodhe 250 18 (7.2) 5
Takawiri 250 34 (13.6) 19
Mfangano 427 202 (47.3) 138
Ungoye
 250
 96 (38.4)
 69
2012 Aug
 Kibuogi 195 17 (8.7) 10
Ngodhe 232 36 (15.5) 18
Takawiri 230 15 (6.5) 9
Mfangano 706 222 (31.4) 145
Ungoye
 248
 104 (41.9)
 65
2013 Aug Ungoye 250 160 (64) 40

*PCR detected Plasmodium falciparum only.

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