Table 1.

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations from pre-elimination settings in Southern Africa.

Population	n	h	A ± SE	He ± SE	MOI ± SE	1-Fws ± SE	LD
Eswatini	835	817	13.3 ± 1.3	0.75 ± 0.03	2.32 ± 0.04	0.22 ± 0.01	0.17***
South Africa	747	740	12.2 ± 1.2	0.74 ± 0.03	2.13 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.01	0.14***
Namibia	2,585	2,576	17.3 ± 1.45	0.75 ± 0.03	2.74 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.01	0.212***
Mozambique	1,147	1,139	14.0 ± 1.38	0.74 ± 0.03	2.14 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.01	0.119***
Total	5,314	5,272	14.2 ± 1.3	0.75 ± 0.03	2.33 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.01	0.18***

n, number of isolates genotyped; h, number of haplotypes (or multilocus genotypes); A, mean number of alleles per locus; He, heterozygosity; MOI, multiplicity of infection; 1-Fws, outbreeding, LD, linkage diseqilibrium.

^***p ≤ 0.001 (Monte Carlo test, 1,000 permutations).