Clonal multiplicity estimated from polymorphic amplicon sizes in pfmsp1 and pfmsp2 PCR assays compared to estimates from MPS analysis.

*Each of the three allelic families occur in a mutually exclusive manner in a single msp1 gene; similarly for the two allelic families of msp1. Thus the minimum number of genotypes is taken as the larger of the allele totals for the two genes.**Highest minimum estimates of haplotype multiplicity (> = 3) are shown for each isolate. Method 2 did not identify high multiplicity loci in isolate OX005B.