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Independent Origin and Global Distribution of Distinct Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Gene Duplications
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax causes the majority of malaria episodes outside Africa, but remains a relatively understudied pathogen. The pathology of P. vivax infection depends critically on the parasite’s ability to recognize and invade human erythrocytes. This invasion process involves an interact...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087946/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27798646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005091 |