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Plasmodium vivax Infections in Duffy-Negative Individuals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
11 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Although Plasmodium vivax has been assumed to be absent from sub-Saharan Africa because of the protective mutation conferring the Duffy-negative phenotype, recent evidence has suggested that P. vivax cases are prevalent in these regions. We selected 292 dried blood spots from children who participated in the 2013–2014 Demographic and Health Survey of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to assess for P....
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