Whole genome sequencing of Plasmodium vivax isolates reveals frequent sequence and structural polymorphisms in erythrocyte binding genes

• Anthony Ford ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Ford, Daniel Kepple

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aford29@uncc.edu (AF); guiyuny@uci.edu (GY); eugenia.lo@uncc.edu (EL)

  Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1615-2864

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• Daniel Kepple ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Ford, Daniel Kepple

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0566-3623

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• Beka Raya Abagero,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Tropical Infectious Disease Research Center, Jimma University, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7205-9496

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• Jordan Connors,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4887-8026

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• Richard Pearson,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Malaria Programme, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7386-3566

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• Sarah Auburn,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-536X

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• Sisay Getachew,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Colby Ford,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-3622

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• Karthigayan Gunalan,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, United States of America

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• Louis H. Miller,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, United States of America

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• Daniel A. Janies,

  Roles Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

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• Julian C. Rayner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 OXY, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-1014

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• Guiyun Yan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  * E-mail: aford29@uncc.edu (AF); guiyuny@uci.edu (GY); eugenia.lo@uncc.edu (EL)

  Affiliation Program in Public Health, University of California at Irvine, United States of America

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• Delenasaw Yewhalaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Tropical Infectious Disease Research Center, Jimma University, Ethiopia

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• Eugenia Lo

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: aford29@uncc.edu (AF); guiyuny@uci.edu (GY); eugenia.lo@uncc.edu (EL)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America

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