| Literature DB >> 1145213 |
L H Miller, S J Mason, J A Dvorak, M H McGinniss, I K Rothman.
Abstract
Duffy blood group negative human erythrocytes (FyFy) are resistant to infection by Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria that infects Duffy positive human erythrocytes. The P. knowlesi resistance factor, Duffy negative erythrocytes, occurs in high frequency in West Africa, where the people are resistant to vivax malaria. This suggests that Duffy blood group determinants (Fya or Fyb) may be erythrocyte receptors for P. vivax.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1145213 DOI: 10.1126/science.1145213
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728