Multiplicity and molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections in East Africa

Table 1 Sample collection of Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia and Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya

Country	Species	Location	Elevation (m)	Year	Endemicity^a [refer]	Symptoms	n	Reads^b (> 1 k)
Ethiopia	P. vivax	Jimma	1680–1700	2014–2015	2.4^PCR [31]	Sym	67	65
		Asendabo	1710–2010	2011–2012	32.4^MIC [30]	Sym	48	47
		Asendabo	1710–2010	2011–2012	32.4^MIC [30]	Asym	23	23
Kenya	P. falciparum	Iguhu	1420–1600	2005	36.5^MIC [36]	Sym	29	29
		Iguhu	1420–1600	2005	36.5^MIC [36]	Asym	29	28
		Iguhu	1420–1600	2015	15.0^MIC [37]	Asym	22	22
		Kaimosi	1600–1700	2015	11.0^MIC [35]	Asym	29	27
		Kendu Bay	1100–1200	2015	59.3^PCR [34]	Asym	29	29
		Kombewa	1150–1250	2005	49.4^MIC [36]	Sym	29	29
		Kombewa	1150–1250	2005	49.4^MIC [36]	Asym	29	29
		Kombewa	1150–1250	2015	43.5^MIC [37]	Asym	29	29

Sym symptomatic; Asym asymptomatic; n number of samples
^aCommunity asymptomatic parasite prevalence by microscope examination (MIC) or PCR detection (PCR)
^bNumber of samples with total joined sequence reads more than 1000

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