Table 2. Estimates of genetic diversity of P. falciparum and P. vivax populations on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

Species	Province	Catchment	n	H e ±SE	A ±SE	R s ±SE
P. falciparum	East Sepik	Wosera	110	0.74 ± 0.05	10.44 ± 0.96	9.33 ± 0.79
	Madang	Malala	62	0.77 ± 0.02	8.89 ± 0.81	8.64 ± 0.78
	"	Mugil	72	0.77 ± 0.03	9.33 ± 0.67	9.04 ± 0.69
	"	Utu	64	0.68 ± 0.06	7.78 ± 0.91	7.49 ± 0.87
	TOTAL		308	0.80 ± 0.03	13.44 ± 1.26	10.27 ± 0.79
P. vivax	East Sepik	Wosera	61	0.82 ± 0.03	11.20 ± 1.30	10.59 ± 1.19
	Madang	Malala	41	0.83 ± 0.02	11.00 ± 1.28	10.89 ± 1.29
	"	Mugil	54	0.84 ± 0.02	11.40 ± 1.00	10.99 ± 0.96
	"	Utu	37	0.83 ± 0.02	9.20 ± 0.95	9.19 ± 0.95
	TOTAL		193	0.84 ± 0.02	15.30 ± 1.87	11.99 ± 1.28

n = number of isolates genotyped after exclusion of outliers; H _e = expected heterozygosity; A = Mean number of alleles, R _s = Allelic richness.