Molecular markers for malaria genetic epidemiology: progress and pitfalls

S Ruybal-Pesántez, K McCann, J Vibin, S Siegel… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
Over recent years, progress in molecular markers for genotyping malaria parasites has
enabled informative studies of epidemiology and transmission dynamics. Results have …

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 …

Malaria molecular surveillance in the Peruvian Amazon with a novel highly multiplexed Plasmodium falciparum AmpliSeq assay

JH Kattenberg, C Fernandez-Miñope… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular surveillance for malaria has great potential to support national malaria control
programs (NMCPs). To bridge the gap between research and implementation, several …

Design and implementation of multiplexed amplicon sequencing panels to serve genomic epidemiology of infectious disease: a malaria case study

E LaVerriere, P Schwabl, M Carrasquilla… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multiplexed PCR amplicon sequencing (AmpSeq) is an increasingly popular application for
cost‐effective monitoring of threatened species and managed wildlife populations, and …

Should the identification guidelines for Siamese crocodiles be revised? differing post-occipital scute scale numbers show phenotypic variation does not result from …

N Ariyaraphong, W Wongloet, P Wattanadilokchatkun… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Morphological divergence between Siamese and other crocodiles has
been identified by size, number of scales, and patterns of cervical squamation with post …

Novel highly-multiplexed AmpliSeq targeted assay for Plasmodium vivax genetic surveillance use cases at multiple geographical scales

JH Kattenberg, HV Nguyen, HL Nguyen… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although the power of genetic surveillance tools has been acknowledged widely, there is an
urgent need in malaria endemic countries for feasible and cost-effective tools to implement …

Plasmodium vivax populations in the western Greater Mekong Subregion evaluated using a genetic barcode

Y Hu, Y Li, AM Brashear, W Zeng, Z Wu… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
An improved understanding of the Plasmodium vivax populations in the Great Mekong
Subregion (GMS) is needed to monitor the progress of malaria elimination. This study aimed …

High-throughput genotyping of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon via molecular inversion probes

ZR Popkin-Hall, K Niaré, R Crudale, A Simkin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Plasmodium vivax transmission occurs throughout the tropics and is an emerging threat in
areas of Plasmodium falciparum decline, causing relapse infections that complicate …

Imported malaria into Australia: surveillance insights and opportunities

A Sohail, A Barry, S Auburn, Q Cheng… - Journal of Travel …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Malaria continues to pose a significant burden in endemic countries, many of
which lack access to molecular surveillance. Insights from malaria cases in travellers …

Defining malaria parasite population subdivisions, transmission dynamics and infection origins using SNP barcodes

GLA Harrison, S Mehra, Z Razook, N Tessier, S Lee… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The successful implementation of pathogen genomic surveillance demands rapid, low-cost
genotyping solutions for tracking infections. Here we demonstrate the capacity of single …