Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein: a modular evolutionary proposal

The population of malaria-causing parasites is characterized by great genetic diversity. Knowledge of the polymorphism generation mechanism is a central issue for developing effective vaccines against malaria and understanding the parasite population structure. Plasmodium vivax genetic diversity has...

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2004

Institución:

Universidad del Rosario

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Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario

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eng

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oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/26741

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182003004773
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26741

Palabra clave:

Malaria
Plasmodium vivax
Vaccines
Parasite
Genetic diversity
Duffy binding protein
Geographical variation
Cysteine-rich motifs

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