Table 4.

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum at the four study sites in Mali

Locus	Rharous, n = 30		Bougoula, n = 30		Doneguebougou, n = 30		Bamako, n = 22
	A	He	A	He	A	He	A	He
PolyA	13.51	0.92	13.45	0.91	14.37	0.91	9.00	0.84
TA109	8.72	0.85	9.66	0.86	7.86	0.85	12.00	0.93
Pfpk2	10.58	0.88	9.72	0.87	6.86	0.80	7.00	0.85
ARA2	6.85	0.71	5.92	0.75	8.78	0.85	7.00	0.82
Pfg377	3.00	0.54	4.92	0.68	4.86	0.63	4.00	0.60
TA42	3.86	0.43	3.86	0.35	4.79	0.56	4.00	0.46
TA81	8.72	0.83	7.72	0.78	6.79	0.79	7.00	0.73
TA1	11.52	0.88	9.79	0.89	8.92	0.90	9.00	0.86
All loci
Mean	8.34	0.76	8.13	0.76	7.90	0.79	7.37	0.76
SD	3.64	0.17	3.14	0.18	3.04	0.12	2.66	0.15

A Allelic richness based on minimum sample size of 22 individuals (Bamako)

He Nei’s unbiased genetic diversity index