The frequencies of msp-1 specific allelic types were statistically comparable between the malaria and arbovirus-malaria groups and were respectively 95 vs 92.59 % for K1 (P value = 0.64), 78.33 vs 81.48 % for MAD20 (P value = 0.99) and 73.33 vs 74.07 % for RO33 (P value = 0.99) (Fig. 2a). The gene discussed is ATAD1; the disease is malaria.