Figure 2

Box plots of the log-transformed parasite gene copy number of the community and clinical samples. (A) Box plot of the log-transformed parasite gene copy number of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum measured by qPCR in children/adolescents of age under 18 and adults of age 18 and above. These samples represent the local community of Asendabo, Ethiopia. (B) Box plot showing the log-transformed parasite gene copy number of clinical Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum cases in children/adolescents and adults from the six health centre/hospital sites in Ethiopia. The central box represents the interquartile range and the vertical lines represent the first and fourth quartiles of the data. The median is shown as a line through the centre of the box. Outlier samples are represented by open circles. P-values (above) are provided for the comparison of gene copy number between the two age groups with respect to P. vivax and P. falciparum. Numbers (bottom) indicate the number of individuals included.