Natural Selection Mediated Association of the Duffy (FY) Gene Polymorphisms with Plasmodium vivax Malaria in India

The Duffy (Fy) antigens act as receptors for chemokines as well as for Plasmodium vivax to invade human RBCs. A recent study has correlated the occurrence of the FY*A allele of Duffy gene with decreased susceptibility to vivax malaria, but no epidemiological correlation between the distribution of F...

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Autores principales: Chittoria, Anita, Mohanty, Sujata, Jaiswal, Yogesh Kumar, Das, Aparup
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045219

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028857
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045219

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