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Published in final edited form as: Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Mar 8;21(3):310–312. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.02.019

Table 1.

The Current Satus of References, Draft Assemblies, and Shotgun Sequences for Six Human-Infective Species of Malaria Parasite

	Pf	Pv	Pk	Pm	Poc	Pow
No. genomes sequenced	1 reference^, 2 draft assemblies^, 1,000 s shotgun sequences	1 reference^*, 5 draft assemblies, 100 s shotgun sequences	1 reference^*, ~50 shotgun sequences	1 reference, 7 draft assemblies^*/shotgun sequences	1 reference, 3 draft assemblies^*/shotgun sequences	1 reference, 2 draft/shotgun sequences
Geographical location of sequenced genomes	Global	Global	Malaysia	Uganda, Papua Indonesia, Mali, Malaysia, Guinea	Ghana, Cameroon	Ghana, Cameroon
Zoonotic	No	Possibly	Yes	Yes	Not known	Not known
Notable multi-gene families	pir, var, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, EBP	pir, STP1, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, RBP, DBP	pir, SICAvar, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, RBP, DBP	pir, STP1, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, RBP, DBP, fam-l, fam-m	pir, STP1, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, RBP, DBP	pir, STP1, tra, ETRAMP, PHIST, RBP, DBP

Pf, P. falciparum; Pv, P. vivax; Pk, P. knowlesi; Pm, P. malariae; Poc, P. ovale curtisi; Pow, P. ovale wallikeri. Data compiled from Ansari et al. (2016) and Rutledge et al. (2017).

indicates one or more assemblies generated from culture-adapted or chimpanzee/monkey-adapted strains.