Distinct Allelic Diversity of Plasmodium vivax Merozoite Surface Protein 3-Alpha (PvMSP-3α) Gene in Thailand Using PCR-RFLP

Table 1

Allelic frequencies of PvMSP-3α gene determined by nested PCR.

Province of Thailand	Total blood sample	PvMSP-3α PCR positive sample		Allele type A		Allele type B		Allele type C
	N ^a	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Yala	81	78	96.3	78	100	0	0	0	0
Kanchanaburi	26	18	69.2	18	100	0	0	0	0
Mae Hong Son	22	14	63.6	12	85.7	2	14.3	0	0
Tak	14	8	57.1	0	0	4	50.0	4	50.0
Total	143	118	82.5	108	91.5	6	5.1	4	3.4

^aThe number of confirmed P. vivax blood samples.