Table 6 |
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Malariometric indexes separated by FcγRIIa R131H genotypes in the Fulani and Dogon ethnic groups. |
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| Dogon |
Fulani |
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| HH |
HR |
RR |
p-valuea |
HH |
HR |
RR |
p-value a |
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| Age (mean ± sd) |
15 ± 12 |
16 ± 13 |
20 ± 13 |
15 ± 13 |
23 ± 18 |
20 ± 17 |
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| Spleen rate b (%) |
8 |
13 |
11 |
0.8 |
38 |
36 |
36 |
0.9 |
| Hb (mean ± sd) |
13 ± 2 |
12.6 ± 2.4 |
13.3 ± 2.6 |
0.4 |
11 ± 2 |
10.6 ± 2.7 |
10.8 ± 2.3 |
0.9 |
| Parasite prevalence c (%) |
67 |
58 |
60 |
0.7 |
49 |
33 |
59 |
0.02 |
| Parasite density d (mean ± sd) |
907 ± 4138 |
546 ± 1803 |
243 ± 843 |
0.5 |
330 ± 1138 |
530 ± 2155 |
1533 ± 4734 |
0.2 |
| Clones e (mean ± sd) |
4.0 ± 3.7 |
2.9 ± 3.3 |
3.6 ± 3.7 |
0.4 |
1.9 ± 2.6 |
1.3 ± 2.5 |
3.3 ± 3.5 |
0.006 |
| HbAS f (%) |
0 |
10 |
6 |
0.2 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
0.01 |
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a Differences between the three different genotypes. b Percentage of individuals with enlarged spleen c Proportion of infected individuals, measured by PCR d P. falciparum density (parasites/μl)-mean e Mean number of clones identified as msp2 alleles, excluding PCR negatives f Frequency of HbAS carriers detected by PCR. |
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Israelsson et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:175 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-175 |
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