Table 1 Comparison of P. vivax merozoite gene diversity among isolates from southern Mexico, 2006–2007

bp

1071

885

1104

¹n, polymorphic sites

52

14

14

n, nucleotide changes

59

14

14

²π (SD)

0.01716 (0.00179)

0.00745 (0.00039)

0.00304 (0.00062)

³Θw (SD; nr, fr)

0.01178 (0.00381, 0.00163)

0.00384 (0.00150, 0.00103)

0.00308 (0.00120, 0.00082)

n, haplotypes

9

7

8

⁴Hd (SD)

0.783 (0.051)

0.723 (0.057)

0.556 (0.094)

Tajima’s D test (P value)

1.0408 (>0.10)

3.0416 (<0.01)

- 0.0459 (>0.10)