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FY polymorphisms and vivax malaria in inhabitants of Amazonas State, Brazil.
Parasitology research - 1 Apr 2010
Albuquerque Sérgio Roberto Lopes, Cavalcante Francimary de Oliveira, Sanguino Edalton Cesar, Tezza Lucianna, Chacon Fernanda, Castilho Lilian, dos Santos Maria Cristina
Abstract excerpt
Although the importance of glycoprotein Duffy in the human red cells invasion process by Plasmodium vivax merozoites has been demonstrated, little is known about the associations of FY polymorphisms with malaria vivax parasitic density. In this study, we investigated the associations of the SNPs 125 G>A, 265 C>T, and 298 G>A on FY gene and the SNP -33T>C on GATA box with the vivax malaria parasitic density in...
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