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SUBMITTER: Albsheer MMA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628573 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Albsheer Musab M A MMA Pestana Kareen K Ahmed Safaa S Elfaki Mohammed M Gamil Eiman E Ahmed Salma M SM Ibrahim Muntaser E ME Musa Ahmed M AM Lo Eugenia E Hamid Muzamil M Abdel MMA
Genes 20190608 6
Negative Duffy expression on the surface of human red blood cells was believed to be a barrier for <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> infection in most Africans. However, <i>P. vivax</i> has been demonstrated to infect Duffy-negative individuals in several Central and East African countries. In this study, we investigated the distribution of Duffy blood group phenotypes with regard to <i>P. vivax</i> infection and parasitemia in Sudan. Out of 992 microscopic-positive malaria samples, 190 were identified as ...[more]