Table 3.

Correlation between MOI and other variables.

Parameters/variables	Multiplicity of infection (MOI)
	msp1		msp2
	Correlation coefficient	p values	Correlation coefficient	p values
Age	0.074	0.521	−0.129	0.261
No of strains/bands	0.053	0.648	0.765	<0.001
Parasite density at day 1	0.133	0.244	0.043	0.712
Parasite density at day 2	0.219	0.054	−0.006	0.957
Haemoglobin	−0.223	0.049	−0.139	0.249