Three Divergent Subpopulations of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium knowlesi
Paul C.S. Divis
, Lee C. Lin, Jeffrine J. Rovie-Ryan, Khamisah A. Kadir, Fread Anderios, Shamilah Hisam, Reuben S.K. Sharma, Balbir Singh, and David J. Conway
Author affiliations: Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia (P.C.S. Divis, K.A. Kadir, B. Singh, D.J. Conway); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom (P.C.S. Divis, D.J. Conway); Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia (L.C. Lin, R.S.K. Sharma); Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (J.J. Rovie-Ryan); Sabah State Public Health Laboratory, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (F. Anderios); Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur (S. Hisam)
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Figure 2. Multiplicity of infection (MOI) for Plasmodium knowlesi genotypes in 134 human and 48 macaque hosts across Malaysia. Means of MOI were higher in macaque hosts than in human hosts for both regions, but the values were not statistically significant for A) peninsular Malaysia (p = 0.25 by Fisher exact test) compared with B) Malaysian Borneo (p = 0.01).
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