Fig. 4

Comparison of Plasmodium falciparum complexity of Infection (COI) and prevalence. The relationship between the observed (uncorrected, in grey) P. falciparum COI from individual samples and P. falciparum prevalence by qPCR showed a small positive correlation that was not significant (Pearson coefficient of correlation, r = 0.168; p = 0.139). A permutation model was used to account for strains that share the same pfama1 haplotype and average corrected COI values (red) are shown. No significant correlation between corrected COI and P. falciparum prevalence by qPCR was observed (Pearson coefficient of correlation, r = 0.169, p = 0.135)