Population genetic analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 (EBA-175) gene in Equatorial Guinea

Table 6 Pairwise FST estimates for PfEBA-175 region II

	Thailand (2006)	Thailand (2015)	Colombia	Maripasoula	Peru	Venezuela	Camopi	Equatorial Guinea (Bata)	Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)	Kenya	Benin	Madagascar	Nigeria
Thailand (2006)		–	+	+	+	+	+	−	+	+	+	+	+
Thailand (2015)	0.00393		+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
Colombia	0.25314	0.2129		+	+	−	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
French Guiana (Maripasoula)	0.30439	0.28641	0.22479		+	−	−	+	+	+	+	+	+
Peru	0.24558	0.22263	0.27504	0.23791		−	+	+	+	+	-	+	+
Venezuela	0.20447	0.18693	0.15507	0.02166	0.01433		+	+	+	-	-	+	+
French Guiana (Camopi)	0.4156	0.40711	0.44629	0.02594	0.35022	0.10835		+	+	+	+	+	+
Equatorial Guinea(Bata)	0.0468	0.04319	0.08761	0.21439	0.1548	0.11888	0.36412		−	-	−	−	−
Equatorial Guinea(Bioko)	0.06345	0.07981	0.18142	0.22867	0.0884	0.09149	0.34311	0.00033		+	−	−	+
Kenya	0.11567	0.08697	0.06495	0.13286	0.16542	0.07581	0.29154	0.00954	0.06172		−	+	−
Benin	0.14331	0.15873	0.19853	0.24186	0.09564	0.08141	0.361	0.03404	− 0.0166	0.05124		−	−
Madagascar	0.14229	0.11334	0.09085	0.21081	0.21953	0.1371	0.37513	0.04831	0.07368	0.05832	0.11505		+
Nigeria	0.15176	0.13481	0.09872	0.13183	0.18954	0.08867	0.28478	0.03196	0.08477	-0.0118	0.04562	0.11973

FST values are shown in the lower left quadrant; + indicated statistically significant; − indicated no statistically significant. FST: a measure of genetic differentiation between populations (range from − 1 to + 1)

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