Flexible and cost-effective genomic surveillance of P. falciparum malaria with targeted nanopore sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Genomic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria can provide policy-relevant information about antimalarial drug resistance, diagnostic test failure, and the evolution of vaccine targets. Yet the large and low complexity genome of P. falciparum complicates the development of genomic methods, while resource constraints in malaria endemic regions can limit their deployment. Here, we demonstrate an approach for targeted nanopore sequencing of P. falciparum from dried blood spots (DBS) that enables cost-effective genomic surveillance of malaria in low-resource settings. We release software that facilitates flexible design of amplicon sequencing panels and use this software to design two target panels for P. falciparum. The panels generate 3-4 kbp reads for eight and sixteen targets respec

SUBMITTER: de Cesare M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10869361 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature