The high mortality and widespread impact of malaria have resulted in this disease being the
strongest evolutionary selective force in recent human history, and genes that confer …

Blood group variants are characteristic of population groups, and can show conspicuous
geographic patterns. Interest in the global prevalence of the Duffy blood group variants is …

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

There is no accurate contemporary global map of the distribution of malaria. We show how
guidelines formulated to advise travellers on appropriate chemoprophylaxis for areas of …

Background Erythrocyte Duffy blood group negativity reaches fixation in African populations
where Plasmodium vivax (Pv) is uncommon. While it is known that Duffy-negative …

Malaria is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and has been suggested as the
most potent type of selection in humans in recent millennia. As a result, genes involved in …