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To evaluate whether amplicon deep sequencing improves the sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability of distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in antimalarial clinical trials.

November 28, 2019Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Amplicon deep sequencing improves Plasmodium falciparum genotyping in clinical trials of antimalarial drugs

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To evaluate whether amplicon deep sequencing improves the sensitivity, accuracy, and reliability of distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in antimalarial clinical trials.
Analyzed paired pre-treatment and post-treatment blood samples from 32 clinical trial participants using Illumina deep sequencing across five molecular markers.
Processed sequence reads with custom HaplotypR software and compared outcome classification against traditional length-polymorphic marker genotyping.
AmpSeq demonstrated genetic diversity equal to or higher than length-polymorphic markers, enabling reproducible quantification of co-infecting parasite clones.
Genotyping outcomes from the three top-performing markers (cpmp, cpp, and ama1-D3) reached concordant classification in 26 of 32 patients (81%).
Per-sample marker discordance was reduced from 11 patients under conventional length-polymorphic typing to 6 patients using AmpSeq.

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Comparative study reveals superior genotyping accuracy for amplicon deep sequencing in malaria trial samples, indicating improved detection of antimalarial drug resistance.

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Gruenberg et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbe7805b363cdf1c8362ce https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54203-0

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Comparative study reveals superior genotyping accuracy for amplicon deep sequencing in malaria trial samples, indicating improved detection of antimalarial drug resistance.

Amplicon deep sequencing improves Plasmodium falciparum genotyping in clinical trials of antimalarial drugs

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Amplicon deep sequencing improves Plasmodium falciparum genotyping in clinical trials of antimalarial drugs

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