Low genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 and 2 and multiplicity of infections in western Ethiopia following effective malaria interventions

Table 4 Proportion of multiplicity of P. falciparum infection in relation to sociodemographic indices of patients and level of malaria transmission, western Ethiopia

Variables	msp1 (n = 196)		AOR	P-value	msp2 (n = 199)		AOR	P-value
Variables	Monoclonal	Polyclonal	AOR	P-value	Monoclonal	Polyclonal	AOR	P-value
Sex
Male	95	15	0.67	0.31	107	4	1.61	0.6
Female	69	17			86	2
Age categories
< 15 years	82	15	1.2	0.64	134	3	0.95	0.93
≥ 15 years	82	17	1		58	3	1
Level of transmission
High	116	25	0.69	0.43	135	4	1.11	0.91
Low	48	7	1		58	2	1

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