Microsatellite genotypes and host phenotypes

The worksheet “microsatellite genotypes” contains data from individual parasites (S. mansoni larvae) collected in Senegal, genotyped with nine microsatellite loci combined in a single multiplex: L46951, smd25, smd28 and smd89 (Durand et al., 2000); CA11-1 and S9-1 (Blair et al., 2001); smd11, smd43 and sdma28 (Curtis et al., 2001). This dataset represents 1692 parasites from 63 human hosts with at least five out of the nine loci successfully amplified. The worksheet “host phenotypes” contains host phenotypic data from the 63 human hosts. The host variables include gender, village*, liver morbidity (IP score), bladder morbidity (UBS score), Schistosoma mansoni infection intensity (epg**), Schistosoma haematobium infection intensity (ep 10ml**) and circulating anodic antigen (CAA) concentrations (picogram of CAA per mL). village* : Pakh (code 200), Ndieumeul (code 501), Diokhor Takh (code 502) epg**: number of eggs per gram of faeces; ep10ml**: number of eggs per 10 ml of urine