Population genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum across a region of diverse endemicity in West Africa

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Standardized multi-locus Index of Association ( I _A ^S ) test for Plasmodium falciparum isolates genotyped for a complete set of 10 microsatellite loci at 8 West African locations

Country	Location	Including all isolates			Non-identical genotypes^§
Country	Location	n	I _A ^S		n	I _A ^S
Guinea	N’Zerekore	24	0.036	**	22	0.019	^NS
Guinea	Boke	26	0.032	**	23	0.011	^NS
Guinea	Forecariah	9	0.106	***	8	0.041	^NS
Guinea Bissau	Caio	7	0.000	^NS	7	0.000	^NS
Gambia	Basse	24	0.008	^NS	24	0.008	^NS
Gambia	Farafenni	25	0.007	^NS	24	0.000	^NS
Gambia	Greater Banjul	63	0.017	**	59	0.009	^NS
Senegal	Richard Toll	8	0.150	***	7	0.061	^NS

n = number of isolates analysed; ^§ to exclude genotypes that were virtually identical one member of each isolate pair matching at 8 or more of the 10 loci was removed (2 isolates in N’Zerekore, 3 in Boke; 1 in Forecariah, 1 in Farafenni, 4 in Greater Banjul and 1 in Richard Toll); ^NS P > 0.05, not significant; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.

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