Dissecting malaria biology and epidemiology using population genetics and genomics

S Auburn, AE Barry - International journal for parasitology, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular approaches have an increasingly recognized utility in surveillance of malaria
parasite populations, not only in defining prevalence and incidence with higher sensitivity …

[HTML][HTML] An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples

A Ahouidi, M Ali, J Almagro-Garcia… - Wellcome Open …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A major obstacle to malaria elimination is the great capacity of the parasite and vector
populations to evolve in response to malaria control interventions. The widespread use of …

Whole genome sequencing contributions and challenges in disease reduction focused on malaria

OP Akoniyon, TS Adewumi, L Maharaj, OO Oyegoke… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Malaria is one of the most severe life-threatening human vector-borne
diseases worldwide today, leading to high mortality. Children under the age of five and …

THE REAL McCOIL: A method for the concurrent estimation of the complexity of infection and SNP allele frequency for malaria parasites

HH Chang, CJ Worby, A Yeka… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
As many malaria-endemic countries move towards elimination of Plasmodium falciparum,
the most virulent human malaria parasite, effective tools for monitoring malaria epidemiology …

High Genetic Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in the Low-Transmission Setting of the Kingdom of Eswatini

ME Roh, SK Tessema, M Murphy… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background To better understand transmission dynamics, we characterized Plasmodium
falciparum genetic diversity in Eswatini, where transmission is low and sustained by …

Diversity and Multiplicity of P. falciparum infections among asymptomatic school children in Mbita, Western Kenya

AO Touray, VA Mobegi, F Wamunyokoli, JK Herren - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Multiplicity of infection (MOI) and genetic diversity of P. falciparum infections are important
surrogate indicators for assessing malaria transmission intensity in different regions of …

Multiplication rate variation in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

L Murray, LB Stewart, SJ Tarr, AD Ahouidi, M Diakite… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
It is important to understand intrinsic variation in asexual blood stage multiplication rates of
the most virulent human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Here, multiplication rates …

Parasite genetic diversity reflects continued residual malaria transmission in Vhembe District, a hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa

HB Gwarinda, SK Tessema, J Raman, B Greenhouse… - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa aims to eliminate malaria transmission by 2023. However,
despite sustained vector control efforts and case management interventions, the Vhembe …

Selective sweep suggests transcriptional regulation may underlie Plasmodium vivax resilience to malaria control measures in Cambodia

CM Parobek, JT Lin, DL Saunders… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Cambodia, in which both Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are endemic, has
been the focus of numerous malaria-control interventions, resulting in a marked decline in …

High-resolution micro-epidemiology of parasite spatial and temporal dynamics in a high malaria transmission setting in Kenya

CS Nelson, KM Sumner, E Freedman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Novel interventions that leverage the heterogeneity of parasite transmission are needed to
achieve malaria elimination. To better understand spatial and temporal dynamics of …