Plasmodium simium, a Plasmodium vivax-related malaria parasite: genetic variability of Duffy binding protein II and the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines.
Plasmodium simium is a parasite from New World monkeys that is most closely related to the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax; it also naturally infects humans. The blood-stage infection of P. vivax depends on Duffy binding protein II (PvDBPII) and its cognate receptor on erythrocytes, the Duff...
Main Authors: | Daniela Camargos Costa, Gabriela Maíra Pereira de Assis, Flávia Alessandra de Souza Silva, Flávia Carolina Araújo, Júlio César de Souza Junior, Zelinda Maria Braga Hirano, Flora Satiko Kano, Taís Nóbrega de Sousa, Luzia Helena Carvalho, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4480967?pdf=render |
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