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Table 4 Numbers and relationships of oocyst alleles

From: Plasmodium vivax genetic diversity and heterozygosity in blood samples and resulting oocysts at the Thai–Myanmar border

 

3.27

3.502

8.504

MS5

MS6

MS7

MS8

MS16

All

Original criteria

 Single allele, same as blood

100

96

61

63

39

66

69

59

553

 Single allele, different from blood

9

3

3

1

12

2

3

6

39

 Two alleles, same as blood

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

4

 Two alleles, one allele same as blood

2

1

1

0

3

0

0

1

7

 Two alleles, both alleles different from blood

0

0

0

0

3

0

1

0

4

Modified criteria

 Single allele, same as blood

97

96

59

63

36

66

69

58

544

 Single allele, different from blood

9

3

3

1

10

2

3

6

37

 Two alleles, same as blood

2

0

0

0

3

0

1

1

7

 Two alleles, one allele same as blood

5

1

2

0

6

0

0

1

15

 Two alleles, both alleles different from blood

0

0

0

0

3

0

1

0

4

  1. Total numbers of successfully amplified loci are shown, stratified according to relationship with parent blood samples. Modified criteria = inclusion of minor peaks on the basis of detection of matched peaks in related blood or oocyst samples