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Table 3 Multiplicity of infection (mean MOI) for all the time points at the different ecological zones

From: Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from uncomplicated malaria cases in Ghana over a decade

Ecological zones

2003–2004

2005–2006

2007–2008

2010

2012–2013

Guinea savannah

2.00

1.32 ± 0.36

2.34 ± 0.54

1.53 ± 0.18

1.91

Forest

1.50

1.66 ± 0.05

2.10 ± 0.68

1.52 ± 0.17

1.59

Coastal savannah (1 site)

–

2.03

1.44

1.31

1.13

Ghana (pooled)

1.73 ± 0.35 (1.50–2.00)

1.55 ± 0.32 (1.07–2.03)

2.08 ± 0.62 (1.44–3.31)

1.49 ± 0.16 (1.31–1.75)

1.51 ± 0.39 (1.13–1.91)

  1. –, no data