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Table 3 Estimates of multilocus LD for P. falciparum populations in (a) Asembo, Gem and Karemo areas, 2007 survey and, (b) Asembo 1996, 2001 and 2007 surveys

From: Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum parasite by microsatellite markers after scale-up of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Kenya

(a) Test factor

Areas

Asembo

Gem

Karemo

VD

1.268

1.1278

1.104

Ve

1.133

1.1502

1.099

\(I_{A}^{S}\)

0.017

−0.003

0.001

Testing (H0: Vd = Ve)

 Var (VD)

0.003

0.002

0.002

p value

0.030

0.680

0.440

(b) Test factor

Survey year

Asembo-1996

Asembo-2001

Asembo-2007

VD

1.209

1.183

1.268

Ve

1.087

1.180

1.133

\(I_{A}^{S}\)

0.016

0.001

0.017

Testing (H0: Vd = Ve)

 Var (VD)

0.002

0.002

0.003

p value

0.01

0.57

0.030

  1. Multilocus LD for the eight MS markers for (a) Asembo, Gem and Karemo 2007 and for (b) Asembo 1996, 2001 and 2007 surveys. p values shown are derived from Monte Carlo simulations methods for \(I_{A}^{S}\) showing departure from null hypothesis of no association (0) for each population