| Literature DB >> 17604067 |
Carlos Eugênio Cavasini1, Luiz Carlos de Mattos, Alvaro Augusto D'Almeida Couto, Cláudia Regina Bonini-Domingos, Socrates Herrera Valencia, Wanessa Christina de Souza Neiras, Renata Tomé Alves, Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit, Lilian Castilho, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17604067 DOI： 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0035-9203 Impact factor: 2.184