Fig. 4
Correlation between plasma concentration of cytokines with disease parameters in children with CM. A heatmap representing the correlation between different cytokines with other variables associated with acute CM (n = 195) such as parasitaemia levels, age, length of coma and brain swelling in Malawian children. Circle size and darkness signify increased positive correlation (shade of colour is proportional to the probability of dependence between variables from + 1 to − 1)