There was no significant difference in the mean cytoadherence values or clinical syndromes between isolates from patients with different α-Thalassemia, ICAM-1, CD36 genotypes and HbS, sickle cell genotypes (Table S3) or between patients with isolates with different MSP1/ MSP2 genotypes or numbers of circulating genotypes. The gene discussed is ATAD1; the disease is thalassemia.