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Table 4 Polyclonality of malaria infection in six locations in Madagascar

From: Molecular epidemiology and seroprevalence in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections of Malagasy pregnant women in the highlands

 

Coast

Highlands

Number of clones

Mananjary (N = 19)

Manakara (N = 37)

Ifanadiana (N = 12)

TDD (N = 17)

Moramanga (N = 20)

Ambositra (N = 11)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

1

12

63.2

24

64.9

6

50

13

76.5

19

95

9

81.8

2

4

21.1

11

29.7

4

33.3

4

23.5

0

-

2

18.2

3

2

10.5

2

5.4

2

16.7

0

-

1

5

0

-

4

1

5.3

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

MOI [CI 95%]

1.6 [1.1-2.0]

1.4 [1.2-1.6]

1.7 [1.2-2.2]

1.2 [1.0-1.5]

1.1 [0.9-1.3]

1.2 [0.9 - 1.5]

  1. TDD, Tsiroanomandidy.
  2. MOI, multiplicity of infection.
  3. N, Number of Plasmodium falicparum samples able to be genotyped for microsatellite loci.
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