The understanding that red blood cells (RBCs) lacking the Duffy receptor are resistant to
blood stage infection by Plasmodium vivax has provided the conceptual path for productive …

Although Plasmodium vivax has been assumed to be absent from sub-Saharan Africa
because of the protective mutation conferring the Duffy-negative phenotype, recent evidence …

Objectives Plasmodium vivax malaria was thought to be rare in Africans who lack the Duffy
blood group antigen expression. However, recent studies indicate that P. vivax can infect …

Dear Editor, Despite of the 54% reduction of malaria mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, the
most affected part of the globe [1], this infection remains one of the deadliest diseases in …

P. malariae and P. ovale with and without P. falciparum, 4-8 cases of P. vivax have been
thought to be absent in sSA due to the erythrocyte silent Duffy-negative phenotype across a …

Background Plasmodium vivax infection is known to be rare in West/Central Africa, the most
accepted explanation being the lack of expression of erythroid Duffy antigen in the local …

Plasmodium vivax was thought to infect only the erythrocytes of Duffy blood group positive
people. In the last decade, P. vivax has appeared throughout Africa, both in areas where …

Background Due to the recently observed rise in Plasmodium vivax incidence in Sudan and
reported transmission in Duffy-negative individuals; we aimed to assess the possibility of P …

Malaria therapy, experimental, and epidemiological studies have shown that erythrocyte
Duffy blood group-negative people, largely of African ancestry, are resistant to erythrocyte …

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 …