Fig. 1.

Cluster analysis dendrogram of malaria patient’s transcriptomes displays three clusters with varying severity. The cluster to the right is consistently CM, however contains only three samples, the cluster to the left is more mild, the one in the middle more severe. The distinct clusters are marked with colour bars: cluster 1 (green, predominantly mild), cluster 2 (orange, predominantly severe and cerebral), cluster 3 (red, consistently CM). CM cerebral malaria, MM mild malaria and NCM severe non-cerebral malaria