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From: Population diversity and antibody selective pressure to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block2 locus in an African malaria-endemic setting

Figure 6

Prevalence of anti-MSP1-block 2 IgG by age group. Seroprevalence was determined using sera collected during a cross-sectional survey conducted before the 1998 rainy season (on 2-3 August 1998) when 243 villagers (i.e. 95% of the village population) donated a fingerprick blood sample. The presence of anti-MSP1 block2 specific IgG was assessed by ELISA on 16 pools of biotinylated peptides (sequence and composition of the pools described in Table 5). Plasma reacting with one or more pool was considered seropositive. Number of individuals by age group: 27, 25, 26, 40, 46 and 79 in the 0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-14, 15-24, ≥ 25 year group, respectively.

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