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RED BLOOD CELL DUFFY ANTIGEN RECEPTOR FOR CHEMOKINES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PLASMODIUM VIVAX INFECTION IN THAIS.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Sept 2016
Pimpat Yupawadee, Leelawat Kawin, Lek-Uthai Usa
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent malaria infection in Thailand. P. vivax uses Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) or Duffy antigen (Fy) as a receptor for entry into reticulocytes. Polymorphism of DARC exon 2 gene (FYA/FYB) in 40 P. vivax-infected subjects were investigated using nested PCR of blood samples spotted on filter paper collected during August 2013 to November 2013 from various malaria...
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