Fig 5. Heatmap showing 43 genes associated with erythrocyte binding function in the Ethiopian P. vivax based on log(2)TPM+1 values.
PvRBP2b showed four-fold higher expression on average than PvEBP/DBP2, but 50% less than PvDBP1. PvRBP2a showed consistently the highest expression across all samples, with about 6-fold, 67-fold, and 15-fold higher expression than PvDBP1, PvEBP/DBP2, and PvRBP2b, respectively. Other genes including PvMSP3.8, PvTRAg14, and PvTRAg22 also showed higher expression than PvDBP1.