Fig 2. Persistence of repeated MLGs over time.

Dot points illustrating the year when repeated MLGs were detected in each of a) P. vivax and b) P. falciparum. The P. vivax repeated MLGs were constructed across 8 loci, and the P. falciparum infections were constructed across 9 loci. The persistence of P. falciparum strains (repeated MLGs) reached up to 9 years (green) and was markedly greater than for P. vivax, which did not persist for over a year. However, most P. falciparum strains (repeated MLGs) had shorter duration (less than a year).