Table 2.
Multiplicity of infection, heterozygosity and type of infection for MSP-1 and MSP-2 genes of P. falciparum isolates from Pahang, Malaysia
| Gene | MOI Mean (± SEM) |
Heterozygosity | Monoclonal infection n (%) |
Polyclonal infection n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSP-1 | 1.37 (± 0.1) | 0.57 | 43 (66.2) | 22 (33.8) |
| MSP-2 | 1.20 (± 0.09) | 0.55 | 20 (80.0) | 5 (20.0) |
n: number of cases. SEM: standard error of mean