African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax is the leading cause of human malaria in Asia and Latin America but is absent from most of central Africa due to the near fixation of a mutation that inhibits the expression of its receptor, the Duffy antigen, on human erythrocytes. The emergence of this protective allele is not und...

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Main Authors: Liu, Weimin, Li, Yingying, Shaw, Katharina S., Learn, Gerald H., Plenderleith, Lindsey J., Malenke, Jordan A., Sundararaman, Sesh A., Ramirez, Miguel A., Crystal, Patricia A., Smith, Andrew G., Bibollet-Ruche, Frederic, Ayouba, Ahidjo, Locatelli, Sabrina, Esteban, Amandine, Mouacha, Fatima, Guichet, Emilande, Butel, Christelle, Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve, Inogwabini, Bila-Isia, Ndjango, Jean-Bosco N., Speede, Sheri, Sanz, Crickette M., Morgan, David B., Gonder, Mary K., Kranzusch, Philip J., Walsh, Peter D., Georgiev, Alexander V., Muller, Martin N., Piel, Alex K., Stewart, Fiona A., Wilson, Michael L., Pusey, Anne E., Cui, Liwang, Wang, Zenglei, Färnert, Anna, Sutherland, Colin J., Nolder, Debbie, Hart, John A., Hart, Terese B., Bertolani, Paco, Gillis, Amethyst, LeBreton, Matthew, Tafon, Babila, Kiyang, John, Djoko, Cyrille F., Schneider, Bradley S., Wolfe, Nathan D., Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel, Delaporte, Eric, Carter, Richard, Culleton, Richard L., Shaw, George M., Rayner, Julian C., Peeters, Martine, Hahn, Beatrice H., Sharp, Paul M.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089193/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24557500
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4346
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