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Duffy blood group gene polymorphisms among malaria vivax patients in four areas of the Brazilian Amazon region.
Malaria journal - 19 Dec 2007
Cavasini Carlos E, de Mattos Luiz C, Couto Alvaro A R D'Almeida, Couto Vanja S C D'Almeida, Gollino Yuri, Moretti Laurence J, Bonini-Domingos Cláudia R, Rossit Andréa R B, Castilho Lilian, Machado Ricardo L D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Duffy blood group polymorphisms are important in areas where Plasmodium vivax predominates, because this molecule acts as a receptor for this protozoan. In the present study, Duffy blood group genotyping in P. vivax malaria patients from four different Brazilian endemic areas is reported, exploring significant associations between blood group variants and susceptibility or resistance to malaria....
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