Presence of additional Plasmodium vivax malaria in Duffy negative individuals from Southwestern Nigeria

Presence of additional Plasmodium vivax malaria in Duffy negative individuals from Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract Background Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA) is thought to be mostly caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Recently, growing reports of cases due to Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium vivax have been increasingly observed to play a role in malaria epidemiology in sSA. This i...

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Main Authors: Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Upasana Shyamsunder Singh, Daouda Ndiaye, Aida Sadikh Badiane, Nazia Anwar Ali, Praveen Kumar Bharti, Aparup Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines
Plasmodium vivax
Mix-infection
Genetic-epidemiology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-020-03301-w

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