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Age-acquired immunity to a Plasmodium vivax invasion ligand, the duffy binding protein.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Aug 2002
Cole-Tobian Jennifer L, Cortés Alfred, Baisor Moses, Kastens Will, Xainli Jia, Bockarie Moses, Adams John H, King Christopher L
Abstract excerpt
The interaction between the Plasmodium vivax merozoite Duffy binding protein region II (DBPII) and the human erythrocyte Duffy antigen leads to infection. Highly polymorphic regions of this protein may have arisen as a mechanism to avoid host immunity. To examine whether immunity to P. vivax is directed against these polymorphic regions of DBPII, age-associated changes in the frequency of specific DBPII alleles...
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