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Alternative Invasion Mechanisms and Host Immune Response to Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Trends and Future Directions
2020-11-27
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium vivax malaria is a neglected tropical disease, despite being more geographically widespread than any other form of malaria. The documentation of P. vivax infections in different parts of Africa where Duffy-negative individuals are predominant suggested that there are alternative pathways for P. vivax to invade human erythrocytes. Duffy-negative individuals may be just as fit as Duffy-positive individual...
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- 6ff9ca8b-946a-58b3-86bb-80c83a4f3ea0
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202011.0689.v1
