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