Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya
Victor Osoti, Mercy Y. Akinyi, Kevin Wamae, Kelvin M. Kimenyi, Zaydah R. de Laurent, Leonard Ndwiga, Paul M. Gichuki, Collins Okoyo, Stella Kepha, Charles Mwandawiro, Regina Kandie, Philip Bejon, Robert W. Snow, Lynette Isabella Ochola‐Oyier
Abstract
Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites is important to track emerging and new mutations and trends in established mutations and should serve as an early warning system for antimalarial resistance. Dried blood spots were obtained from a Plasmodium falciparum malaria survey in school children conducted across eight counties in western Kenya in 2019.
Topics & Concepts
MalariaPlasmodium falciparumAmpliconBiologyVirologyDrug resistanceDeep sequencingDNA sequencingImmunologyGeneticsPolymerase chain reactionGeneGenomeMalaria Research and ControlHepatitis C virus researchHepatitis B Virus Studies