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Plasmodium vivax infection in Anajás, State of Pará: no differential resistance profile among Duffy-negative and Duffy-positive individuals.
Malaria journal - 22 Dec 2012
Carvalho Tarcisio A A, Queiroz Maíse G, Cardoso Greice L, Diniz Isabela G, Silva Aylla N L M, Pinto Ana Y N, Guerreiro João F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is large body of evidence that states that invasion of Plasmodium vivax requires the Duffy antigen, but the universality of this specificity is certainly now under question with recent reports showing that in some parts of the world P. vivax infects and causes disease in Duffy-negative people. These findings reinforce the idea that this parasite is rapidly evolving, being able to use other...
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