Independent origin and global distribution of distinct plasmodium vivax duffy binding protein gene duplications

BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax causes the majority of malaria episodes outside Africa, but remains a relatively understudied pathogen. The pathology of P. vivax infection depends critically on the parasite's ability to recognize and invade human erythrocytes. This invasion process involves an inte...

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Główni autorzy: Hostetler, J, Lo, E, Kanjee, U, Amaratunga, C, Suon, S, Sreng, S, Mao, S, Yewhalaw, D, Mascarenhas, A, Kwiatkowski, D, Ferreira, M, Rathod, P, Yan, G, Fairhurst, R, Duraisingh, M, Rayner, J
Format: Journal article
Język:English
Wydane: Public Library of Science 2016