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

• Published in: Wellcome open research Vol. 7; p. 136
• Main Authors: Adam, Ishag, Alam, Mohammad Shafiul, Alemu, Sisay, Amaratunga, Chanaki, Amato, Roberto, Andrianaranjaka, Voahangy, Anstey, Nicholas M, Aseffa, Abraham, Ashley, Elizabeth, Assefa, Ashenafi, Auburn, Sarah, Barber, Bridget E, Barry, Alyssa, Batista Pereira, Dhelio, Cao, Jun, Chau, Nguyen Hoang, Chotivanich, Kesinee, Chu, Cindy, Dondorp, Arjen M, Drury, Eleanor, Echeverry, Diego F, Erko, Berhanu, Espino, Fe, Fairhurst, Rick, Faiz, Abdul, Fernanda Villegas, María, Gao, Qi, Golassa, Lemu, Goncalves, Sonia, Grigg, Matthew J, Hamedi, Yaghoob, Hien, Tran Tinh, Htut, Ye, Johnson, Kimberly J, Karunaweera, Nadira, Khan, Wasif, Krudsood, Srivicha, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P, Lacerda, Marcus, Ley, Benedikt, Lim, Pharath, Liu, Yaobao, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Lon, Chanthap, Lopera-Mesa, Tatiana, Marfurt, Jutta, Michon, Pascal, Miotto, Olivo, Mohammed, Rezika, Mueller, Ivo, Namaik-Larp, Chayadol, Newton, Paul N, Nguyen, Thuy-Nhien, Nosten, Francois, Noviyanti, Rintis, Pava, Zuleima, Pearson, Richard D, Petros, Beyene, Phyo, Aung P, Price, Ric N, Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon, Rahim, Awab Ghulam, Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona, Rayner, Julian C, Rumaseb, Angela, Siegel, Sasha V, Simpson, Victoria J, Thriemer, Kamala, Tobon-Castano, Alberto, Trimarsanto, Hidayat, Urbano Ferreira, Marcelo, Vélez, Ivan D, Wangchuk, Sonam, Wellems, Thomas E, White, Nicholas J, William, Timothy, Yasnot, Maria F, Yilma, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England F1000 Research Limited 2022; Wellcome
• Subjects: Data Note; data resource; eng; genomic epidemiology; genomics; malaria; plasmodium vivax; data resource; genomics; genomic epidemiology; malaria; plasmodium vivax
• ISSN: 2398-502X; 2398-502X
• DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17795.1

This report describes the MalariaGEN Pv4 dataset, a new release of curated genome variation data on 1,895 samples of
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
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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
and to accelerate genomic surveillance for malaria control and elimination.