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Infection patterns of the Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Candeias do Jamari and Peixoto de Azevedo analysed by Nested PCR. |
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| Complexity infection |
OR fragments (bp) |
Candeias do Jamari (CJ) |
Peixoto de Azevedo (PA) |
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| 1993 |
2003 |
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| n (%) |
n (%) |
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| Single infections1 |
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| I (175) |
3 (3%) |
4 (5%) |
27 (28%)a, b |
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| II (199) |
95 (92%) |
70 (90%) |
49 (51%)c, d |
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| Mixed infection2 |
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| I + II (175/199) |
5 (5%) |
4 (5%) |
20 (21%)e, f |
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| Total |
103 (100%) |
78 (100%) |
96 (100%) |
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1Isolates with one fragment; 2Isolates with two fragments; bp: base pair; n: number of isolates (the percentage of isolates is given in parentheses); a: P < 0.0001, PA > CJ-1993; b: P < 0.0001, PA > CJ-2002; c: P < 0.0001, PA < CJ-1993; d: P < 0.0001, PA < CJ-2002; e: P = 0.001, PA > CJ-1993; f: P = 0.003, PA > CJ-2002. The chi-square test was used to analyse the difference in allelic frequencies. | ||||
Pratt-Riccio et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:144 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-144 |
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