Figure 3

Box plot of the log-transformed parasite gene copy number of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum measured by qPCR in asymptomatic and symptomatic samples from Asendabo (community) and Jimma (hospital), respectively. 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. The gene copy number of P. vivax detected in the four Duffy-negative individuals are indicated by crosses in red. Numbers (top) indicate the number of individuals included. P-values (below) are provided for the comparison of gene copy number between asymptomatic and symptomatic samples with respect to P. vivax and P. falciparum.