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Table 3 Comparison of infection duration estimates among individual microsatellite markers and the multilocus approach that involves 7 loci with HE > 8.0

From: A cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics in Western Kenya Highlands

Markers*

Mean Duration (Months)

Range (Months)

    

HE

TA42

3.96

1-12

A

   

0.457

2490

2.87

1-12

 

B

  

0.737

Pfg377

2.74

1-12

 

B

  

0.660

ARA2

2.31

1-11

 

B

C

 

0.857

TA81

2.23

1-11

 

B

C

 

0.857

TA1

2.16

1-10

 

B

C

 

0.892

TA87

1.87

1-11

  

C

 

0.901

PfPK2

1.85

1-10

  

C

D

0.860

Polyα

1.65

1-10

  

C

D

0.940

TA109

1.64

1-10

  

C

D

0.903

Multilocus - 7 markers (C)

1.11

1-3

   

D

 
  1. *Markers not sharing the same letter in a column are significantly different (P < 0.05) using the Tukey-Kramer honestly significant differences (HSD) test.
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