Publications (vivaxGEN)

Insights on the biology and epidemiology of P. vivax using genomics:

Global

• Trimarsanto et al. (2022). A molecular barcode and online tool to identify and map imported infection with Plasmodium vivax. Communications Biology, 5, 1411.
• Trimarsanto et al. (2017). VivaxGEN: An open access platform for comparative analysis of short tandem repeat genotyping data in Plasmodium vivax populations. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 11(3): e0005465.
• Pearson et al. (2016). Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax. Nature Genetics, 48(8), 959-964.
• Auburn et al. (2016). A new Plasmodium vivax reference sequence with improved assembly of the subtelomeres reveals an abundance of pir genes. Wellcome Open Research,15,1-4. 

Ethiopia

• Auburn et al. (2019). Genomic analysis of Plasmodium vivax in Southern Ethiopia Reveals Selective Pressures in Multiple Parasite Mechanisms. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220(11), 1738-1749.

Malaysia

• Auburn et al. (2018). Genomic analysis of a pre-elimination Malaysian Plasmodium vivax population reveals selective pressures and changing transmission dynamics. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2585.

Thailand

• Auburn et al. (2016). Genomic analysis reveals a common breakpoint in amplifications of the Plasmodium vivax multidrug resistance 1 locus in Thailand. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 214(8), 1235-42. 

Insights on local parasite transmission dynamics using genotyping:

Bhutan 

• Wangchuck et al. (2016). Where chloroquine still works: the genetic make-up and susceptibility of Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine plus primaquine in Bhutan. Malaria Journal, 15(1), 277.

China 

• Liu et al. (2014). Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium vivax in Central China. Malaria Journal, 13,262. 

Indonesia

• Pava et al. (2017). Passively versus actively detected malaria: similar genetic diversity but different complexity of infection. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(6), 1788-1796.
• Pava et al. (2017). Genetic micro-epidemiology of malaria in Papua Indonesia: Extensive P. vivax diversity and a subpopulation of asymptomatic P. falciparum infections. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0177445.
• Noviyanti et al. (2015). Contrasting transmission dynamics of co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum: Implications for malaria control and elimination. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(5), e0003739.

Ethiopia 

• Getachew et al. (2015). Variation in complexity of infection and transmission stability between neighboring populations of Plasmodium vivax in southern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE,10(10), e0140780.

Iran 

• Hamedi et al. (2016). Molecular epidemiology of P. vivax in Iran: High diversity and complex sub-structure using neutral markers, but no evidence of Y976F mutation at pvmdr1. PLoS ONE, 11(11),e0166124 

Republic of Korea

• Kim et al. (2016). Further evidence of increasing diversity of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea in recent years. PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0151514.

Malaysia

• Abdullah et al. (2013). Plasmodium vivax population structure and transmission dynamics in Sabah Malaysia. PLoS ONE, 8(12):e82553. 

Myanmar 

• Htun et al. (2017). Chloroquine efficacy for Plasmodium vivax in Myanmar in populations with high genetic diversity and moderate parasite gene flow. Malaria Journal,16(1), 2812017.