Whole genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum from dried blood spots using selective whole genome amplification
Samuel O. Oyola, Cristina Valente Ariani, William Hamilton, Mihir Kekre, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Anita Ghansah, Gavin R. Rutledge, Seth Redmond, Magnus Manske, Dushyanth Jyothi, Chris G. Jacob, Thomas Otto, Kirk Rockett, Chris I. Newbold, Matthew Berriman, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski
This paper develops a method to sequence Plasmodium falciparum genomes from dried blood spots using selective whole genome amplification, achieving high concordance with venous blood samples.
Malaria Journal · Dec 20, 2016Peer-reviewedGenomics