Introduction to Plasmodium Genomics

This tutorial outlines the basic concepts in Plasmodium genomics, specifically in relation to detecting drug resistance.

Learning outcomes:

• Classify Plasmodium species, specifically those that infect humans
• Describe the genetic structure of Plasmodium across the three structures
• Compare amplicon and genome sequencing approaches
• Describe linkage disequilibrium and its uses in Plasmodium epidemiology
• Recognise the key genes involved in Plasmodium drug resistance
• State the primary data types and computational approaches for determining Plasmodium population structure
• Run simple analysis of WGS data using malaria-profiler