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Table 3 Expected heterozygosity and polyclonal infections in each study group

From: Genotype comparison of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum clones from pregnant and non-pregnant populations in North-west Colombia

Study group

Plasmodium vivax

 

n*

Expected heterozygosity

Polyclonal infections

  

Mean±SD

%

Delivery-periphery

21

0.876 ± 0.072

47

Delivery-placenta

23

0.869 ± 0.093

33

Antenatal

31

0.847 ± 0.073

84

Non-pregnant

42

0.874 ± 0.046

73

p

 

0.3373

0.0004

 

Plasmodium falciparum

Delivery-periphery

20

0.554 ± 0.120

5

Delivery-placenta

22

0.629 ± 0.145

8

Antenatal

20

0.481 ± 0.103

25

Non-pregnant

41

0.353 ± 0.215

25

p

 

<0.0001

0.1462

  1. *Number of samples successfully amplified for at least one molecular marker in each species.