High frequency of the Duffy-negative genotype and absence of Plasmodium vivax infections in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Recent studies from different malaria-endemic regions including western Africa have now shown that Plasmodium vivax can infect red blood cells (RBCs) and cause clinical disease in Duffy-negative people, though the Duffy-negative phenotype was thought to confer complete refractoriness aga...

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Autores principales: Brown, Charles A., Pappoe-Ashong, Prince J., Duah, Nancy, Ghansah, Anita, Asmah, Harry, Afari, Edwin, Koram, Kwadwo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33596926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03618-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33596926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03618-0

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