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Plasmodium vivax GPI-anchored micronemal antigen (PvGAMA) binds human erythrocytes independent of Duffy antigen status

Plasmodium vivax, a major agent of malaria in both temperate and tropical climates, has been thought to be unable to infect humans lacking the Duffy (Fy) blood group antigen because this receptor is critical for erythrocyte invasion. Recent surveys in various endemic regions, however, have reported...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Yang, Lu, Feng, Wang, Bo, Li, Jian, Han, Jin-Hee, Ito, Daisuke, Kong, Deok-Hoon, Jiang, Lubin, Wu, Jian, Ha, Kwon-Soo, Takashima, Eizo, Sattabongkot, Jetsumon, Cao, Jun, Nyunt, Myat Htut, Kyaw, Myat Phone, Desai, Sanjay A., Miller, Louis H., Tsuboi, Takafumi, Han, Eun-Taek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27759110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35581