Reduced Plasmodium vivax Erythrocyte Infection in PNG Duffy-Negative Heterozygotes

BACKGROUND: Erythrocyte Duffy blood group negativity reaches fixation in African populations where Plasmodium vivax (Pv) is uncommon. While it is known that Duffy-negative individuals are highly resistant to Pv erythrocyte infection, little is known regarding Pv susceptibility among heterozygous car...

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Autores principales: Kasehagen, Laurin J., Mueller, Ivo, Kiniboro, Benson, Bockarie, Moses J., Reeder, John C., Kazura, James W., Kastens, Will, McNamara, David T., King, Charles H., Whalen, Christopher C., Zimmerman, Peter A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17389925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000336

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1829178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17389925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000336

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