Plasmodium vivax infection in Anajás, State of Pará: no differential resistance profile among Duffy-negative and Duffy-positive individuals

BACKGROUND: There is large body of evidence that states that invasion of Plasmodium vivax requires the Duffy antigen, but the universality of this specificity is certainly now under question with recent reports showing that in some parts of the world P. vivax infects and causes disease in Duffy-nega...

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Main Authors: Carvalho, Tarcisio AA, Queiroz, Maíse G, Cardoso, Greice L, Diniz, Isabela G, Silva, Aylla NLM, Pinto, Ana YN, Guerreiro, João F
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544589/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259672
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-430
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