Skip to main content

Table 3 Multiclonal infections in Shwekyin, Myawaddy and Kyauktaw of Myanmar

From: Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum populations in southeast and western Myanmar

 

Number of alleles

 

Genesa

Shwekyin

(Southeast Myanmar, n = 96)

Myawaddy

(Southeast Myanmar, n = 50)

Kyauktaw

(Western Myanmar, n = 38)

Total (n = 184)

 

2

3

4

Total

2

3

Total

2

3

Total

 

Msp1

37

19

1

57 (59.38%)

20

1

21 (42.00%)

11

8

19 (50.00%)

97 (52.72%)

Msp2

56

4

0

60 (62.50%)

23

2

25 (50.00%)

14

1

15 (39.47%)

100 (54.35%)

Glurp

8

0

0

8 (8.33%)

4

0

4 (8.00%)

12

0

12 (31.58%)

24 (13.04%)

Combined

54

22

1

77 (80.21%)

29

3

32 (64.00%)

18

9

27 (71.05%)

136 (73.91%)

MOI (Mean ± SD)

2.05 ± 0.69

1.70 ± 0.58b

 

1.95 ± 0.73

1.94 ± 0.68

 
  1. aNumber (%) of mixed strain infections identified based on one marker (Msp1, Msp2 or Glurp) or three markers together (combined)
  2. bMOI is significantly different between Myawaddy and Shwekyin (t (144) = 3.096, P = 0.002)