Table 1 Genetic diversity of near-full length Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding protein 2b gene in global populations

Brazil

36

30

0.00121 ± 0.00089

18

0.930 ± 0.023

Colombia

28

29

0.00112 ± 0.00091

18

0.950 ± 0.025

Cambodia

35

55

0.00172 ± 0.00167

30

0.987 ± 0.012

China–Myanmar

63

81

0.00178 ± 0.00213

45

0.973 ± 0.012

Ethiopia

18

32

0.00120 ± 0.00114

16

0.980 ± 0.028

Laos

2

9

0.00110 ± 0.00110

2

1.000 ± 0.500

Malaysia

4

31

0.00203 ± 0.00208

4

1.000 ± 0.177

Papua New Guinea

20

39

0.00114 ± 0.00135

20

1.000 ± 0.016

Thailand

92

97

0.00198 ± 0.00244

85

0.998 ± 0.002

Vietnam

11

43

0.00193 ± 0.00184

11

1.000 ± 0.039

Indonesia

3

16

0.00131 ± 0.00131

3

1.000 ± 0.272

Total

312

147

0.00196 ± 0.00299

248

0.997 ± 0.0008