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The districts were Agona Swedru, Assin Central and Gomoa East (representing the forest zone) and Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese and Cape Coast representing the coastal zone. Systematically, blood samples were collected from patients with malaria. The malaria status was screened with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kit (CareStart manufactured by Access Bio in Somerset, USA) and the positive ones confirmed microscopically. Approximately, 200 \u03bcL of blood was used to prepare four dried blood spots of 50\u03bcL from each microscopy positive sample. The<jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>genome was sequenced at the Malaria Genome Laboratory (MGL) of Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI), Hinxton, UK. The single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the parasite mitochondria (PfMIT:270) core genome aided the species identification of<jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>. Subsequently, the complexity of infection (COI) was determined using the complexity of infection likelihood (COIL) computational analysis. In all, 566 microscopy positive samples were sequenced. Of this number,<jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic>genome was detected in 522 (92.2%). However, whole genome sequencing was successful in 409\/522 (72.3%) samples. In total, 516\/522 (98.8%) of the samples contained<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>falciparum<\/jats:italic>mono-infection while the rest (1.2%) were either<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>falciparum\/P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>ovale<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>Pf\/Po<\/jats:italic>) (n = 4, 0.8%) or<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>falciparum\/P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>malariae\/P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>vivax<\/jats:italic>(<jats:italic>Pf\/Pm\/Pv<\/jats:italic>) mixed-infection (n = 2, 0.4%). All the four<jats:italic>Pf\/Po<\/jats:italic>infections were identified in samples from the Assin Central municipality whilst the two<jats:italic>Pf\/Pm\/Pv<\/jats:italic>triple infections were identified in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district and Cape Coast metropolis. Analysis of the 409 successfully sequenced genome yielded between 1\u20136<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>falciparum<\/jats:italic>clones per individual infection. The overall mean COI was 1.78\u00b10.92 (95% CI: 1.55\u20132.00). Among the study districts, the differences in the mean COI between ecological zones (p = 0.0681) and seasons (p = 0.8034) were not significant. However, regression analysis indicated that the transmission of malaria was more than twice among study participants aged 15\u201319 years (OR = 2.16, p = 0.017) and almost twice among participants aged over 60 years (OR = 1.91, p = 0.021) compared to participants between 20\u201359 years. Between genders, mean COI was similar except in Gomoa East where females recorded higher values. In conclusion, the study reported, for the first time,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>vivax<\/jats:italic>in Ghana. Additionally, intense malaria transmission was found to be higher in the 15\u201319 and &gt; 60 years, compared to other age groups. 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