Relationship between Duffy blood groups genotypes and malaria infection in different ethnic groups of Choco- Colombia

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The negative homozygous condition for the Duffy blood group (Fy-/Fy-) confers natural resistance to Plasmodium vivax infection. In this direction, studies carried out in Colombia are scarce Objective: To describe the relationship between Duffy genotypes in three ethnic commun...

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Autores:

González, Lina
Vega, Jorge
Ramírez, Jose Luis
Bedoya, Gabriel
Carmona Fonseca, Jaime
Maestre Buitrago, Amanda Elena

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2012

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32313

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32313

Palabra clave:

Malaria
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Sistema del Grupo Sanguíneo Duffy
Duffy Blood-Group System
Genotipo
Genotype
Grupos Étnicos
Ethnic Groups
Colombia

Rights

openAccess

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/