Genetic Diversity of <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Cysteine-Rich Protective Antigen (PvCyRPA) in Field Isolates from Five Different Areas of the Brazilian Amazon

Genetic Diversity of <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Cysteine-Rich Protective Antigen (PvCyRPA) in Field Isolates from Five Different Areas of the Brazilian Amazon

The <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Cysteine-Rich Protective Antigen (PvCyRPA) has an important role in erythrocyte invasion and has been considered a target for <i>vivax</i> malaria vaccine development. Nonetheless, its genetic diversity remains uncharted in Brazilian malaria-endemi...

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Main Authors: Lana Bitencourt Chaves, Glaucia de Oliveira Guimarães, Daiana de Souza Perce-da-Silva, Dalma Maria Banic, Paulo Renato Rivas Totino, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado, Rodrigo Nunes Rodrigues-da-Silva, Lilian Rose Pratt-Riccio, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Josué da Costa Lima-Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
malaria
Brazilian Amazon
<i>Plasmodium vivax</i>
PvCyRPA
genetic diversity
prediction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/11/1657

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