Table 1 Studies of origin for 45 P. ovale isolates
From: Population genomics of Plasmodium ovale species in sub-Saharan Africa
Study | Country of origin | Year of collection | Study population | # selected for sequencing (# of Poc and Pow) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
hrp2/3 Deletion Survey29 | Ethiopia | 2017– 2018 | Febrile patients presenting to health facilities in the Amhara, Tigray, and Gambella regions | 7 (2 Poc, 5 Pow) |
SANRU Rural Health Program30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2017 | Febrile patients presenting to health facilities in Sud-Kivu, Bas-Uele, and Kinshasa Provinces | 6 (2 Poc, 4 Pow) |
Kinshasa Malaria Longitudinal Study31 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015– 2017 | Members of households participating in longitudinal study of malaria | 5 (5 Poc) |
TranSMIT32 | Tanzania (East) | 2018– 2022 | Asymptomatic children and adults attending school or health clinics in rural Bagamoyo district, eastern Tanzania | 4 (3 Poc, 1 Pow) |
MSMT2133 | Tanzania (West) | 2020– 2022 | Tanzanian citizens at health facilities | 2 (2 Pow) |
Dschang Febrile Cohort34 | Cameroon | 2020–2021 | Febrile patients presenting to health facilities in western Cameroon | 1 (1 Poc) |
Joste et al., JID 202336 * | Cameroon, Senegal, Ivory Coast | 2013–2021 | P. ovale infections identified in France after travel to an endemic country | 4 (4 Pow) |
Rutledge et al., Nature 201728 * | Ghana, Cameroon | Unknown | Symptomatic P. falciparum infected individuals with strong P. ovale signals among whole-genome sequencing results | 2 (1 Poc, 1 Pow) |
Higgins et al., Sci Rep. 202415 * | Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone | 2019– 2020 | P. ovale infections identified in the United Kingdom after travel to an endemic country. | 11 (6 Poc, 5 Pow) |
Ansari et al., Int J Parasitol. 201637 * | Gabon, Nigeria | Unknown | Febrile Chinese males presenting to clinics in Jiangsu Province, China, after travel to an endemic country | 3 (1 Poc, 2 Pow) |
