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Plasmodium simium, a Plasmodium vivax-related malaria parasite: genetic variability of Duffy binding protein II and the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Camargos Costa Daniela, Pereira de Assis Gabriela Maíra, de Souza Silva Flávia Alessandra, Araújo Flávia Carolina, de Souza Junior Júlio César, Braga Hirano Zelinda Maria, Satiko Kano Flora, Nóbrega de Sousa Taís, Carvalho Luzia Helena, Ferreira Alves de Brito Cristiana
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium simium is a parasite from New World monkeys that is most closely related to the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax; it also naturally infects humans. The blood-stage infection of P. vivax depends on Duffy binding protein II (PvDBPII) and its cognate receptor on erythrocytes, the Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (hDARC), but there is no information on the P. simium erythrocytic invasion...
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