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

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

^*The chi-square test was used for polyclonal infections, and the ANOVA-test was used to compare mean MOI

Bolded p values indicate values lower than 0.05