Table 2 Comparison of allelic frequencies of the Duffy Blood Group System among uninfected and Plasmodium vivax-infected patients in ethnic groups from Nouakchott, Mauritania.
From: Vivax malaria in Mauritania includes infection of a Duffy-negative individual
ethnic groups | Alleles | Allelic frequencies (%[95%CI]) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | uninfected patients | P. vivax -infected patients | Â |
Moor | FYA | 24.3 [19.5-29.7] | 29.2 [22.2-37.1] | 0.3058 |
| Â | FYB | 31.6 [26.3-37.3] | 46.8 [38.7-55.0] | 0.0019 + |
| Â | FYB* | 2.4 [1.0-4.9] | 2.6 [0.7-6.5] | 1 |
| Â | FYB ES | 41.7 [35.9-47.6] | 21.4 [15.2-28.8] | < 0,0001 + |
Poular | FYB ES | 100 | 0 | ND |
Soninke | FYA | 0 | 100 | ND |
| Â | FYB ES | 100 | 0 | 0.0667 |
Wolof | FYB ES | 100 | 100 | ND |
Unknown | FYA | 0 | 19.6 [9.4-33.9] | ND |
| Â | FYB | 0 | 45.7 [30.9-61.0] | ND |
| Â | FYB* | 0 | 21.7 [0.1-11.5] | ND |
| Â | FYB ES | 0 | 32.6 [19.5-48.0] | ND |