Immune responses to Plasmodium vivax pre
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Ruobing Wang; Myriam Arevalo-Herrera; Malcolm J. Gardner; Anilza Bonelo; Jane M.
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Duffy antigen is the receptor used by Plasmodium vivax to invade erythrocytes. Consequently, individuals lacking Duffy antigen [Fy(-)] do not develop blood-stage infections. We hypothesized that naturally exposed Fy(-) humans may develop immune responses mainly to pre-erythrocytic stages and could b