Table 3.
Association between Duffy antigen polymorphism and P. vivax asexual parasitaemia in patients from East Shewa, Ethiopia
| Phenotype | Predicted antigen | Deduced parasite density (parasites/µL) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of sample | Range | Median (95% CI) | Interquartile range | ||
| Fy(a + b +) | Fya/Fyb | 17 | 39–26,278 | 4584 (2824–6122) | 2543–6637 |
| Fy(a + b −) | Fya | 7 | 3905–8750 | 4725 (4198–8714) | 4530–7899 |
| Fya/Fyes | 35 | 75–18,247 | 6042 (4126–7425) | 3479–7937 | |
| Fy(a − b +) | Fyb | 6 | 2811–7053 | 3893 (2811–6785) | 2811–5781 |
| Fyb/Fyes | 68 | 39–20,100 | 4987 (3903–6178) | 2693–7880 | |
| Fyx/Fyes | 1 | 5943 | 5943 | – | |
| Fy(a − b −) | Fyes/Fyes | 4 | 38–76 | 53 | 39–72 |
| All | 138 | 38–26,278 | 4804 (4242–5781) | 2811–7663 | |