In vitro evaluation of the role of the Duffy blood group in erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium vivax

A short-term in vitro culture system that allows for significant re- invasion of target erythrocytes by Plasmodium vivax was used to study the role of the Duffy blood group antigen as a ligand for merozoite invasion by this human malaria species. Using human Duffy-positive and - negative erythrocyte...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1989
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2189319/