Table 2.

Microsatellite variability of Plasmodium falciparum from lowland and highland sites in Western Kenya.

Region	Site	n	% multiple infections		Loci
					ARA2	2490	Pfg377	PfPK2	Polyα	TA42	TA87	TA109	TA81	TA1	Mean ± SE
Lowland	Chemelil	28	82.1%	Na1	8	2	4	6	15	1	11	6	6	9	6.80±1.32
				Ne2	2.53	1.07	1.62	3.53	13.44	1.00	6.88	3.98	4.46	6.76	4.53±1.19
				uD3	0.63	0.07	0.40	0.74	0.97	0	0.89	0.78	0.80	0.88	0.62±0.11
	Miwani	36	94.4%	Na	6	6	4	10	12	2	10	9	11	9	7.90±1.03
				Ne	4.77	1.73	2.55	5.31	7.28	1.06	6.82	3.82	5.54	5.89	4.48±0.67
				uD	0.81	0.44	0.63	0.84	0.89	0.06	0.88	0.76	0.84	0.85	0.70±0.08
	Kisian	68	96.8%	Na	8	7	6	16	14	2	17	16	12	7	10.50±1.64
				Ne	4.06	1.90	1.87	6.66	5.75	1.03	10.61	6.78	5.56	5.36	4.96±0.91
				uD	0.77	0.48	0.47	0.86	0.84	0.03	0.92	0.87	0.83	0.83	0.69±0.09
Highland	Iguhu06	33	91.4%	Na	10	5	5	9	13	6	10	14	9	11	9.20±0.99
				Ne	7.34	2.60	3.47	5.57	8.44	1.73	8.08	8.31	5.89	7.08	5.85±0.78
				uD	0.89	0.63	0.74	0.85	0.91	0.44	0.91	0.91	0.86	0.89	0.80±0.05

¹Na is the number of observed alleles

²Ne is the number of effective alleles

³uD is the unbiased estimation of genetic diversity.