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Table 5 Polyclonal infections and MOIs of pfmsp1 and pfmsp2 in single-species P. falciparum infections

From: The diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from asymptomatic and symptomatic school-age children in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Gene

Monoclonal infections n/N (%)

Polyclonal infections n/N (%)

MOI

SD

msp1

79/193 (40.9)

114/193 (59.1)

1.93

0.98

msp2

101/199 (50.7)

98/199 (49.3)

1.67

0.78

Total

83/223 (37.2)

140/223 (62.8)

1.99

0.97

  1. N number of samples genotyped for pfmsp1 and pfmsp2, n number of samples with single or multiple infections for msp1 or msp2