Table 2.

Number of participants with clonal or multiple infections

	February		March		April		May
No. of clones	Obom	Abura	Obom	Abura	Obom	Abura	Obom	Abura
0a	20	56	27	55	29	40	34	30
1	18	6	19	4	11	12	20	23
2	26	2	9	0	14	2	5	2
3	10	1	5	0	5	0	3	0
4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total	75	65	62	59	60	54	62	55

^aNo PCR product was obtained after a repeat genotyping PCR. Children from whom no PCR product was obtained represent healthy children as opposed to asymptomatic children whose samples yielded PCR products