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Abstract
BACKGROUND. Malaria caused by Plasmodium malariae is geographically widespread and sometimes associated with prolonged infection, yet little is known about its genomic epidemiology. METHODS. We performed hybrid capture and whole genome sequencing of 77 isolates collected from Cameroon (n=7), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (n=16), Nigeria (n=4), and Tanzania (n=50) between 2015 and 2021, and analyzing parasite genetic population structure and demography. RESULTS. There is no evidence of geographic population structure. Nucleotide diversity was significantly lower than in co-localized P. falciparum isolates, while linkage disequilibrium was significantly higher. Genome-wide selection scans identified no erythrocyte invasion ligands or antimalarial resistance orthologs as top hits; however, targeted analyses of these loci revealed evidence of selective sweeps around four erythrocyte invasion ligands and six antimalarial resistance orthologs. Demographic inference modeling suggests that African P. malariae is recovering from a bottleneck. CONCLUSION.P. malariae is genomically atypical among human Plasmodium spp. and lacks strong population structure in Africa. The low diversity has potential impacts on understanding persistent versus new infection through genomic epidemiology.
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Zachary R. Popkin-Hall, Kelly Carey-Ewend, Farhang Aghakhanian, Eniyou C. Oriero, Misago D. Seth, Melchior M. Kashamuka, Billy Ngasala, Innocent M. Ali, Eric Mukomena SOMPWE, Celine I. Mandara, Oksana Kharabora, Rachel Sendor, Alfred Simkin, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Antoinette Tshefu, Abebe A. Fola, Deus S. Ishengoma, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jonathan B. Parr, Jessica T. Lin, Jonathan J. Juliano
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