Plasmodium vivax GPI-anchored micronemal antigen (PvGAMA) binds human erythrocytes independent of Duffy antigen status

Plasmodium vivax GPI-anchored micronemal antigen (PvGAMA) binds human erythrocytes independent of Duffy antigen status

Plasmodium vivax, a major agent of malaria in both temperate and tropical climates, has been thought to be unable to infect humans lacking the Duffy (Fy) blood group antigen because this receptor is critical for erythrocyte invasion. Recent surveys in various endemic regions, however, have reported...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Yang, Lu, Feng, Wang, Bo, Li, Jian, Han, Jin-Hee, Ito, Daisuke, Kong, Deok-Hoon, Jiang, Lubin, Wu, Jian, Ha, Kwon-Soo, Takashima, Eizo, Sattabongkot, Jetsumon, Cao, Jun, Nyunt, Myat Htut, Kyaw, Myat Phone, Desai, Sanjay A., Miller, Louis H., Tsuboi, Takafumi, Han, Eun-Taek
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069673/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069673/

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