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Table 2 The prevalence of P. falciparum infection and the frequency of G6PD and α+-thalassaemia variants

From: Low density parasitaemia, red blood cell polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparumspecific immune responses in a low endemic area in northern Tanzania

 

P. falciparumparasite prevalence as detected by

 

Microscopy

QT-NASBA

G6PD, % (n/N)

  

B

3.0 (11/366)

32.2 (118/366)

A

6.7 (3/45)

35.6 (16/45)

A-

0.0 (0/16)

37.5 (6/16)

α+ – thalassaemia, % (n/N)

  

αα/αα

3.7 (11/295)

30.5 (90/295)

αα/α-

2.0 (2/100)

40.0 (40/100)¶

α-/α-

0.0 (0/14)

14.3 (2/14)

  1. G6PD B and α-thalassaemia αα/αα served as a reference group for the comparisons. ¶p = 0.08 when compared to α+-thalassaemia αα/αα. Only samples were included in this table that had results for both QT-NASBA and microscopy