Molecular identification of Plasmodium species responsible for malaria reveals Plasmodium vivax isolates in Duffy negative individuals from southwestern Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Malaria in Nigeria is principally due to Plasmodium falciparum and, to a lesser extent to Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale. Plasmodium vivax is thought to be absent in Nigeria in particular and sub-Saharan Africa in general, due to the near fixation of the Duffy negative gene in...

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Pubblicato in:Malar J
Autori principali: Oboh, Mary Aigbiremo, Badiane, Aida Sadikh, Ntadom, Godwin, Ndiaye, Yaye Die, Diongue, Khadim, Diallo, Mamadou Alpha, Ndiaye, Daouda
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2018
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263541/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30486887
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2588-7
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