Failure to detect Plasmodium vivax in West and Central Africa by PCR species typing

Background. Plasmodium vivax is estimated to affect 75 million people annually. It is reportedly absent, however, from west and central Africa due to the high prevalence of the Duffy negative phenotype in the indigenous populations. Despite this, non-African travellers consistently return to their o...

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Main Author: Culleton, Richard L. (author)
Other Authors: Mita, Toshihiro (author), Ndounga, Mathieu (author), Unger, Holger (author), Cravo, Pedro V.L. (author), Paganotti, Giacomo M. (author), Takahashi, Nobuyuki (author), Kaneko, Akira (author), Eto, Hideaki (author), Tinto, Halidou (author), Karema, Corine (author), D'Alessandro, Umberto (author), Do Rosário, Virgilio (author), Kobayakawa, Takatoshi (author), Ntoumi, Francine (author), Carter, Richard (author), Tanabe, Kazuyuki (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Parasitology
Infectious Diseases
Genetics
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117259
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/117259

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