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Increased susceptibility of blood type O individuals to develop anemia in Plasmodium vivax infection.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2017
Resende Sarah Stela, Milagres Vanessa Gonçalves, Chaves Daniel Gonçalves, Fontes Cor Jesus Fernandes, Carvalho Luzia Helena, Sousa Tais Nobrega, Brito Cristiana Ferreira Alves de
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax has been reported to cause severe malaria, and one of the main resulting complications is anemia. Considering that P. vivax infects only young erythrocytes, anemia has been associated with the destruction of infected and non-infected erythrocytes. However, few studies have focused on understanding the relationship between the pathogenesis of P. vivax malaria and human genetic polymorphisms....
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