Table 1.
Median number of Plasmodium falciparum clones and allelic richness in all human blood samples, infectious individuals and in mosquitoes, and interquartile range (MOIH/M, IQR) by study.
| The Gambia 1994 |
The Gambia 1999 |
Burkina Faso (dry season) |
Burkina Faso (wet season) |
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| All | Infectious | Mosquito | All | Infectious | Mosquito | All | Infectious | Mosquito | All | Infectious | Mosquito | |
| n | 20 | 20 | 160 | 61 | 16 | 37 | 106 | 23 | 282 | 120 | 31 | 294 |
| Median MOIH/M (IQR) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1.5 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 5 (2–8) | 7 (4–11) | 2 (1–3) | 4 (2–7) | 5 (3–8) | 2 (1–3) |
| Allelic richness, Hs (n alleles) | 16 (16) | 16 (16) | 23 (29) | 26 (44) | 17 (17) | 22 (22) | 32 (67) | 29 (41) | 31 (44) | 34 (88) | 32 (57) | 36 (65) |