Independent Origin and Global Distribution of Distinct Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Gene Duplications.

<h4>Background</h4>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 proc...

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Main Authors: Jessica B Hostetler, Eugenia Lo, Usheer Kanjee, Chanaki Amaratunga, Seila Suon, Sokunthea Sreng, Sivanna Mao, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Anjali Mascarenhas, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Marcelo U Ferreira, Pradipsinh K Rathod, Guiyun Yan, Rick M Fairhurst, Manoj T Duraisingh, Julian C Rayner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005091&type=printable
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