aAll primer sequences were designed for this study; with the exception of its2 primers designed by [52].bThe arf6 and its-2 loci are located in untranslated regions of the gene and therefore do not en
Mismatches between WGS- and Sanger-derived values are indicated in bold. n/a: not applicable. Read lengths obtained with DRC and Ugandan isolates were 300 and 150 nt, respectively.