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Table 3 Probabilities of the coincidence of the same Plasmodium malariae genotype

From: Polymorphic markers for identification of parasite population in Plasmodium malariae

S. no.

Molecular markera

Probability (\({\text{P}} = \sum {p_{i}^{2} }\)) for each marker

Combined probabilities

Combined probability values (Ï€Pi)b

1

Pm12_426

0.102

P1 = PPm12_426

1.02000 ×10−1

2

Pm07_429

0.255

P2 = P2 × PPm07_429

2.60100 ×10−2

3

Pm05_707

0.369

P3 = P3 × PPm05_707

9.59769 ×10−3

4

Pm13_110

0.394

P4 = P4 × PPm13_110

3.78149 ×10−3

5

Pm06_506

0.462

P5 = P5 × PPm06_506

1.74705 ×10−3

6

Pm09_801

0.484

P6 = P6 × PPm09_801

8.45571 ×10−4

7

pmmsp1

0.196

P7 = P7 × Ppmmsp1

1.65732 ×10−4

  1. aOrdered according to increasing power of P for microsatellite genotyping markers except for pmmsp1 due to difference in marker type
  2. bCombined cumulative probabilities πPi calculated as πPi = P1 × P2 × …Pi