High frequency of the erythroid silent Duffy antigen genotype and lack of Plasmodium vivax infections in Haiti

BACKGROUND: Malaria is a significant public health concern in Haiti where approximately 30,000 cases are reported annually with CDC estimates as high as 200,000. Malaria infections in Haiti are caused almost exclusively by Plasmodium falciparum, while a small number of Plasmodium malariae and an eve...

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Autores principales: Weppelmann, Thomas A, Carter, Tamar E, Chen, Zhongsheng, von Fricken, Michael E, Victor, Yves S, Existe, Alexander, Okech, Bernard A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23347639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-30

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