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Table 4 Epidemiological and plasmodial molecular features of 4 malaria cases hospitalized in Taranto. All 9 polymorphic markers analysed showed markedly size discordance among the four isolates

From: Non-imported malaria in Italy: paradigmatic approaches and public health implications following an unusual cluster of cases in 2017

Patient

Epidemiological characteristics of the patient

Comparison among the patients for nine polymorphic molecular markers from P. falciparum isolates

Country of origin

Gender

Onset of symptoms

Hospitalization period

MSP1

MSP1-K1

MSP1-RO33

MSP1-MAD20

MSP2

MSP2-FC27

GLURP

HRP2

HRP3

1 (cryptic)

Sudan

Male

20/09/2017

30/09/2017

**

**

*

*

**

*

*

**

*

2 (cryptic)

Morocco

Male

22/09/2017

26/09/2017

*

*

*

*

**

*

n.a.

*

**

3 (cryptic)

Morocco

Male

27/09/2017

01/10/2017

*

*

*

n.a.

*

*

*

**

*

4 (cryptic)

Morocco

Male

27/09/2017

02/10/2017

*

*

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

  1. * Size identity; ** Discordance in size; n.a. not applicable