Genome diversity of P. ovale human clinical isolates (both classical type and the variant type). Genome diversity of P. ovale human clinical isolates (both classical type and the variant type)

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Pathogen Genomics group is sequencing a number of malaria parasite strains/isolates. As part of this project, several clinical isolates oft the human malaria parasite P. ovale are being sequenced to a high coverage using the Illumina sequencing technology platform. Recently, P. ovale has been described to exist as two separate non-recombining species that are sympatric in both Africa and Asia (Sutherland et al. 2010). P. ovale parasites are therefore identified as ‘classic’ or ‘variant’ based upon genetic dimorphism. We aim to generate a map of whole genome diversity among the P. ovale clinical isolates (imported to UK by travellers returning from the P. ovale endemic countries) representing both the classical and the variant type parasite species. . This data is part of a pre-publication release. For information on the proper use of pre-publication data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including details of any publication moratoria), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/