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. 2008 Apr 23;3(4):e2000. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002000

Table 3. Estimation of Heritability.

Phenotype Acronym Dielmo Ndiop
h2 (p-value) h2 (p-value)
Clinical attacks
Number of clinical falciparum attacks PFA 0.29 (0.0002) 0.27 (0.00002)
Mean parasite density (mean, Log10) me-PFD 0.22 (0.03) 0.21 (0.02)
Maximum parasite density (max. Log10) mx-PFD 0.02 (0.37) 0.13 (0.04)
Asymptomatic infection
P. falciparum trophozoite
Prevalence of asymptomatic PF infection PtPF 0.29 (0.017) 0.35 (0.0001)
Asymptomatic trophozoite density of PF (mean, Log10 +1) me-tPFD 0.33 (0.02) 0.07 (0.28)
Asymptomatic trophozoite density of PF (max., Log10 +1) mx-tPFD 0.21 (0.04) 0.23 (0.01)

h2 = heritability