Blood group O protects against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria through the mechanism of reduced rosetting.
Malaria has been a major selective force on the human population, and several erythrocyte polymorphisms have evolved that confer resistance to severe malaria. Plasmodium falciparum rosetting, a parasite virulence phenotype associated with severe malaria, is reduced in blood group O erythrocytes comp...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2007
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