PvGAP Paper Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases

May 22, 2026·
Edwin Solares
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Our paper “PvGAP: Development of a Globally Applicable, Highly Multiplexed Microhaplotype Amplicon Panel for Plasmodium vivax” has been published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

This work describes a cost-effective amplicon panel with 80 high-diversity targets for population genomics and 8 targets of epidemiological interest, validated with Ethiopian field samples and computational assessment across three geographic regions. The panel supports drug resistance tracking, distinguishes infection origins, and helps separate reinfection from recrudescence in efficacy studies.

Citation: Hubbard A, Solares EA, Bradley L, Jeang B, Yewhalaw D, Janies D, Lo E, et al. (2026) “PvGAP: Development of a Globally Applicable, Highly Multiplexed Microhaplotype Amplicon Panel for Plasmodium vivax.” J Infect Dis. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiag270

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Executive Director, ESB AI Lab Corporation
Executive Director of ESB AI Lab Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing research in AI, machine learning, computer vision, and genomics. Previously a Lecturer at UC San Diego. My research harnesses AI and bioinformatics for food security and species conservation. Published in Nature Plants, PNAS, Genome Research, and G3 (h-index: 7).