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Genotyping of the Duffy blood group among Plasmodium knowlesi-infected patients in Malaysia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
De Silva Jeremy Ryan, Lau Yee Ling, Fong Mun Yik
Abstract excerpt
The Duffy blood group is of major interest in clinical medicine as it plays an important role in Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax infection. In the present study, the distribution of Duffy blood group genotypes and allelic frequencies among P. knowlesi infected patients as well as healthy individuals in Peninsular Malaysia were determined. The blood group of 60 healthy blood donors and 51 P. knowlesi...
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