ATAD1 and infection: The P. falciparum merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 (msp-1 and msp-2) and glutamate-rich protein (glurp) genes are significant molecular markers, highly effective in differentiating monoclonal from multiclonal infections within infecting parasite strains, including their utilization in discriminating recrudescence from re-infecting alleles [9, 10].