Amplification of Duffy binding protein-encoding gene allows Plasmodium vivax to evade host anti-DBP humoral immunity

Duffy binding protein (DBP) of Plasmodium vivax is important for invasion and is a potential vaccine candidate. Here, the authors show that PvDBP gene amplification protects P vivax in vitro against invasion inhibitory human monoclonal antibodies and is associated to infection of patients with PvDBP...

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Main Authors: Jean Popovici, Camille Roesch, Lenore L. Carias, Nimol Khim, Saorin Kim, Amelie Vantaux, Ivo Mueller, Chetan E. Chitnis, Christopher L. King, Benoit Witkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14574-9