Similar to msp-1 allelic types, the frequencies of msp-2 specific allelic types were also statistically comparable between P. falciparum isolates from malaria and arbovirus-malaria patients and were 93.33 vs 96.29 for IC/3D7 (P value = 0.99) and 23.33 vs 14.81 % for FC27 (P value = 0.57) (Fig. 2a). The gene discussed is ATAD1; the disease is malaria.