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Table 5 Multiplicity of infection of msp1 and msp2 in symptomatic malaria patients in Bobo-Dioulasso

From: Plasmodium falciparum msp1 and msp2 genetic diversity and allele frequencies in parasites isolated from symptomatic malaria patients in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Gene

MOI

Monoclonal infection % (n/N)

Polyclonal infection % (n/N)

msp1

1.8

38.1 (56/209)

61.9 (153/209)

msp2

2.1

65.6 (123/188)

34.4 (65/188)

P-value

0.01

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: N number of samples successfully genotyped for msp1 or msp2; n number of samples with monoclonal or multiclonal infections for msp1 or msp2
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