Article
Interactions Between the Frequency of the Duffy Antigen and the Dynamics of <i>P. vivax</i> Malaria Infections
2025-12-01
Abstract excerpt
The malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax has infected humans for millennia. As such, alleles like the FY*O allele in the Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) and the sickle cell allele (HbS) have been naturally selected for in malaria-endemic regions because they confer resistance to malaria, thereby increasing the survival and reproductive success of individuals carrying these protective alleles. As resist...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ac2b67dc-b8b9-5461-8d36-6ee9ec16d4df
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.11.30.691431
