Whole Genome Sequencing of Field Isolates Reveals a Common Duplication of the Duffy Binding Protein...
Whole Genome Sequencing of Field Isolates Reveals a Common Duplication of the Duffy Binding Protein Gene in Malagasy Plasmodium vivax Strains
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Menard, Didier , Chan, Ernest R. , Benedet, Christophe , Ratsimbasoa, Arsène , Kim, Saorin , Chim, Pheaktra , Do, Catherine , Witkowski, Benoit , Durand, Remy , Thellier, Marc , Severini, Carlo , Legrand, Eric , Musset, Lise , Nour, Bakri Y. M. , Mercereau-Puijalon, Odile , Serre, David and Zimmerman, Peter A.
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent human malaria parasite, causing serious public health problems in malaria-endemic countries. Until recently the Duffy-negative blood group phenotype was considered to confer resistance to vivax malaria for most African ethnicities. We and others have reported that P. vivax strains in African countries from Mad...
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Field Isolates Reveals a Common Duplication of the Duffy Binding Protein Gene in Malagasy Plasmodium vivax Strains
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1468585932
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1468585932
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002489
