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Figure 5

From: Genetic diversity of expressed Plasmodium falciparum var genes from Tanzanian children with severe malaria

Figure 5

Phylogenetic network showing the comparison of 3 dominant DBL-1α sequence tags transcribed from clinical isolates, generated using Neighbour-Net [44]. Sequences transcribed by isolates with severe malaria (ISM, blue) and asymptomatic malaria (IAM, red) are compared. The sequences fall into two major clades separated with dotted lines, the upper cluster formed 2 subgroups of sequences isolated from severe patients, one with group A and the remaining var group B/A homology to 3D7. The majority of sequences from asymptomatic patient isolates clustered together and were homologous to group B, B/C and C of the 3D7 genome.

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