Introduction

The Plasmodium falciparum Community Project supports groups around the world to integrate parasite genome sequencing into clinical and epidemiological studies of malaria. It comprises multiple partner studies, each with its own research objectives and led by a local investigator. Genome sequencing is performed centrally, and partner studies are free to analyse and publish the genetic data produced on their own samples, in line with MalariaGEN’s guiding principles on equitable data sharing.

Aggregated data from the Community Project were initially released through a companion project called Pf3k whose goal was to bring together leading analysts from multiple institutions to benchmark and standardise methods of variant discovery and genotyping calling.