Table 2.
Multiple genotype infections assessed by typing 10P. falciparummicrosatellite loci in 268 isolates from 8 West African locations
| Country | Location | Number of isolates |
Number of isolates with given no. of detected genotypes |
Mean number of genotypes per isolatea | Proportion of locus scores with >1 alleleb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | |||||
| Guinea |
N’Zerekore |
44 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
15 |
3.7 |
0.58 |
| Guinea |
Boke |
33 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
11 |
4.1 |
0.54 |
| Guinea |
Forecariah |
9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4.2 |
0.51 |
| Guinea Bissau |
Caio |
12 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2.6 |
0.30 |
| Gambia |
Greater Banjul |
79 |
34 |
32 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
0.14 |
| Gambia |
Basse |
33 |
1 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
2.4 |
0.35 |
| Gambia |
Farafenni |
42 |
6 |
26 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
2.1 |
0.33 |
| Senegal | Richard Toll | 16 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.26 |
aFor this analysis the number of genotypes was scored from the locus with the largest number of alleles within the isolate.
bFor this analysis the proportion of loci with >1 allele within each isolate was scored.