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Table 3 Genetic diversity at the CSP Th3R epitope at baseline (1996) and following five years of community-wide ITN use (2001)

From: Effect of malaria transmission reduction by insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) on the genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein (MSP-1) and circumsporozoite (CSP) in western Kenya

Th3R

Survey

n

Ï€

NHap

HapDiv

1996

68

0.0549 (0.0068)

14

0.811

2001

89

0.0437 (0.0052)

13

0.779

  1. n, Number of samples sequenced per cross-sectional survey.
  2. π, Nucleotide diversity (standard deviation).
  3. Nhap, No of haplotypes.
  4. HapDiv, Haplotype diversity.