Genetic Polymorphism of msp1 and msp2 in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Côte d’Ivoire versus Gabon

Table 2

MI and COI according to the age of patients.

	Côte d’Ivoire			Gabon
Age (years)	<5	≥5		<5	≥5
		msp1
MI, %	70.6	38.5	0.018	30.8	30	0.958
COI (SD)	2 (0.73)	1.46 (0.72)	0.010	1.46 (0.82)	1.47 (0.80)	0.980
		msp2
MI, %	43.7	39.3	0.748	7.7	39.5	0.031
COI (SD)	1.5 (0.71)	1.48 (0.71)	0.754	1.08 (0.71)	1.55 (0.73)	0.032
		msp1 and msp2
MI, %	84	61.7	0.063	58.8	57.1	0.902
COI (SD)	2 (0.8)	1.58 (0.8)	0.036	1.41 (0.84)	1.63 (0.83)	0.371

Chi-square test. Mann-Whitney test.