Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Thailand, a low transmission country

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Collected blood samples. P. falciparum infected blood samples; year and locality collected from and likely origin of the infection when not within Thailand.

	Number of samples collected in the year						Total number
Province	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Total	Outside Thailand
Maehongson	--	2	2	16	7	5	32	2 (6.3%)^a
Tak	--	4	10	--	--	57	71	51 (72%)^a
Kanchanaburi	15	--	63	61	77	50	266	37 (14%)^a
Ubonratchathani	--	5	3	6	11	--	25	3 (12%)^b
Trat	--	9	5	4	12	4	34	7 (21%)^c
Ranong	--	10	10	9	13	17	59	43 (73%)^a
Yala	--	--	--	--	--	36	36	0
Total	15	30	93	96	120	169	523	143 (27%)

The likely source of P. falciparum infection(s), when outside of the province the blood sample was collected from, are shown (Outside Thailand) as the total number and of all samples in that province (%) where ^a, ^b and ^c represent Myanmar, P.D.R. of Laos and Cambodia, respectively.

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