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An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples

  • MalariaGEN
  • University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
  • Armauer Hansen Research Institute
  • Addis Ababa University
  • MilliporeSigma
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute
  • University of Antananarivo
  • Menzies School of Health Research
  • Wellcome Trust-Mahosot Hospital-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Collaboration
  • University of Oxford
  • Ethiopian Public Health Institute
  • Mahidol University
  • QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
  • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
  • Deakin University
  • Burnet Institute
  • Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia
  • Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases
  • Nanjing Medical University
  • Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
  • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
  • Universidad Del Valle
  • Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
  • National Institute of Health
  • Dev Care Foundation
  • Centro de Investigaciones Clinicas S.A.S de Cali
  • Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
  • Department of Medical Research
  • University of Colombo
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado
  • Fiocruz Amazônia
  • Parsons Corporation
  • Universidad de Antioquia
  • National University of Vanuatu
  • University of Gondar
  • Umphang Hospital
  • Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
  • Centro Internacionale de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas
  • Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
  • Nangarhar University
  • Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
  • Universités d'Antananarivo et de Mahajanga
  • Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
  • University of São Paulo
  • NOVA University of Lisbon
  • Ministry of Health
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit
  • Universidad de Córdoba, Monteria
  • Jimma University

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Abstract

This report describes the MalariaGEN Pv4 dataset, a new release of curated genome variation data on 1,895 samples of Plasmodium vivax collected at 88 worldwide locations between 2001 and 2017. It includes 1,370 new samples contributed by MalariaGEN and VivaxGEN partner studies in addition to previously published samples from these and other sources. We provide genotype calls at over 4.5 million variable positions including over 3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as short indels and tandem duplications. This enlarged dataset highlights major compartments of parasite population structure, with clear differentiation between Africa, Latin America, Oceania, Western Asia and different parts of Southeast Asia. Each sample has been classified for drug resistance to sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine and mefloquine based on known markers at the dhfr, dhps and mdr1 loci. The prevalence of all of these resistance markers was much higher in Southeast Asia and Oceania than elsewhere. This open resource of analysis-ready genome variation data from the MalariaGEN and VivaxGEN networks is driven by our collective goal to advance research into the complex biology of P. vivax and to accelerate genomic surveillance for malaria control and elimination.

Original languageEnglish
Article number136
JournalWellcome Open Research
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Data resource
  • Genomic epidemiology
  • Genomics
  • Malaria
  • Plasmodium vivax

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