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Table 8 Multiplicity of infection of pfmsp1 and pfmsp2 in monoinfections of P. falciparum and mixed-species-infection of P. falciparum/P. malariae, P. falciparum/P. ovale and P. falciparum/P. malariae/P. ovale isolates

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

Gene

P. falciparum

P. falciparum/P. malariae

P. falciparum/P. ovale

P. falciparum/P. malariae/P. ovale

p value*

Overall

 msp1/msp2

  Polyclonal infections

62.8

77.8

85.2

78.1

0.016

  MOI

1.99

2.20

2.74

2.16

0.001

 msp1

  Polyclonal infections

59.1

68.7

79.2

71.4

0.14

  MOI

1.93

2.15

2.75

2.07

0.002

 msp2

  Polyclonal infections

49.3

64.6

65.4

74.2

0.017

  MOI

1.67

1.71

1.85

1.87

0.41

Asymptomatic infections

 msp1/msp2

  Polyclonal infections

49.0

76.2

66.7

79.2

0.004

  MOI

1.69

2.12

2.33

2.13

0.004

 msp1

  Polyclonal infections

46.1

75.0

85.7

76.2

0.002

  MOI

1.66

2.17

2.57

2.14

0.001

 msp2

  Polyclonal infections

33.3

56.7

33.3

78.3

0.001

  MOI

1.38

1.59

1.44

1.83

0.008

Symptomatic infections

 msp1/msp2

  Polyclonal infections

74.0

83.3

94.4

75.0

0.26

  MOI

2.24

2.5

2.94

2.25

0.05

 msp1

  Polyclonal infections

70.2

50.0

76.5

57.1

0.40

  MOI

2.16

2.08

2.82

1.86

0.10

 msp2

  Polyclonal infections

60.9

90.1

82.3

62.5

0.09

  MOI

1.89

2.09

2.06

2.00

0.74

  1. *The chi-square test was used for polyclonal infections, and the ANOVA-test was used to compare mean MOI
  2. Bolded p values indicate values lower than 0.05