Article
The global distribution of the Duffy blood group.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2011
Howes Rosalind E, Patil Anand P, Piel Frédéric B, Nyangiri Oscar A, Kabaria Caroline W, Gething Peter W, Zimmerman Peter A, Barnadas Céline, Beall Cynthia M, Gebremedhin Amha, Ménard Didier, Williams Thomas N, Weatherall David J, Hay Simon I
Abstract excerpt
Blood group variants are characteristic of population groups, and can show conspicuous geographic patterns. Interest in the global prevalence of the Duffy blood group variants is multidisciplinary, but of particular importance to malariologists due to the resistance generally conferred by the Duffy-negative phenotype against Plasmodium vivax infection. Here we collate an extensive geo-database of surveys, forming...
Topics
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Alleles
- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax
- Plasmodium vivax