Molecular evidence of Plasmodium vivax infection in Duffy negative symptomatic individuals from Dschang, West Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax infection is known to be rare in West/Central Africa, the most accepted explanation being the lack of expression of erythroid Duffy antigen in the local human populations. Duffy negativity prevents the parasite to exploit the entry mechanism on the red blood cell surface...

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Autores principales: Russo, Gianluca, Faggioni, Giovanni, Paganotti, Giacomo Maria, Djeunang Dongho, Ghyslaine Bruna, Pomponi, Alice, De Santis, Riccardo, Tebano, Gianpiero, Mbida, Mpoame, Sanou Sobze, Martin, Vullo, Vincenzo, Rezza, Giovanni, Lista, Florigio Romano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28196496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1722-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28196496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1722-2

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