Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy antigen-negative individuals from the Brazilian Amazon region: an exception?
| Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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| Data(s) |
20/05/2014
20/05/2014
01/10/2007
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| Resumo |
We present evidence for Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy blood group-negative inhabitants of Brazil. The P. vivax identification was determined by both genotypic and non-genotypic screening tests. The Duffy blood group was genotyped by PCR/RFLP and phenotyped using a microtyping kit. We detected two homozygous FY*B-33 carriers infected by P vivax, whose circumsporozoite protein genotypes were VK210 and/or P. vivax-like. Additional efforts are necessary in order to clarify the evidence that P. vivax is being transmitted among Duffy blood group-negative patients from the Brazilian Amazon region. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. |
| Formato |
1042-1044 |
| Identificador |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.011 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 101, n. 10, p. 1042-1044, 2007. 0035-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/37853 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.011 WOS:000250027800016 |
| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Elsevier B.V. |
| Relação |
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Direitos |
closedAccess |
| Palavras-Chave | #vivax malaria #Plasmodium vivax #Duffy blood group #Duffy antigen binding #protein #protozoan proteins #Brasil |
| Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
