Molecular identification of Plasmodium species responsible for malaria reveals Plasmodium vivax isolates in Duffy negative individuals from southwestern Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2588-7
Abstract: BackgroundMalaria 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… read more here.
Keywords: duffy negative; plasmodium species; vivax; plasmodium vivax ... See more keywords
Presence of additional Plasmodium vivax malaria in Duffy negative individuals from Southwestern Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1186/s12936-020-03301-w
Abstract: Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) is thought to be mostly caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Recently, growing reports of cases due to Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium vivax have been increasingly observed to play a… read more here.
Keywords: duffy negative; vivax malaria; vivax; plasmodium vivax ... See more keywords
Whole genome sequencing of Plasmodium vivax isolates reveals frequent sequence and structural polymorphisms in erythrocyte binding genes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008234
Abstract: Plasmodium vivax malaria is much less common in Africa than the rest of the world because the parasite relies primarily on the Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC) to invade human erythrocytes, and the majority of Africans… read more here.
Keywords: duffy negative; whole genome; erythrocyte binding; vivax ... See more keywords
The enigmatic mechanisms by which Plasmodium vivax infects Duffy-negative individuals
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008258
Abstract: The absence of the Duffy protein at the surface of erythrocytes was considered for decades to confer full protection against Plasmodium vivax as this blood group is the receptor for the key parasite ligand P.… read more here.
Keywords: mechanisms plasmodium; duffy negative; vivax; plasmodium vivax ... See more keywords