Article
Relationship between Duffy Genotype/Phenotype and Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax Infestation: A Systematic Review
2023-07-14
Abstract excerpt
The Duffy protein, a transmembrane molecule, functions as a receptor for various chemokines and facilitates attachment between the reticulocyte and the Plasmodium Duffy antigen-binding protein. Duffy expression correlates with the Duffy receptor gene for the chemokine, located on chromosome 1, and exhibits geographical variability worldwide. Traditionally, researchers have described the Duffy negative genotype as...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 45fe1cc0-0800-50e9-b851-cfb69fed452b
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202307.1020.v1
