EVIDENCE FOR TRANSMISSION OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX AMONG A DUFFY ANTIGEN NEGATIVE POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA

R. Ryan, Jeffrey; A. Stoute, José; J Amon, Joseph; F. Dunton, Raymond; Mtalib, Ramadhan; K. Koros, Joseph; OWOUR, BOAZ; Luckhart, Shirley; A. Wirtz, Robert; W. Barnwell, John; Rosenberg, Ronald

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.575

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EVIDENCE FOR TRANSMISSION OF PLASMODIUM VIVAX AMONG A DUFFY ANTIGEN NEGATIVE POPULATION IN WESTERN KENYA

Published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene • Oct 1, 2006

Authors:

Jeffrey R. Ryan

José A. Stoute

Joseph J Amon

Abstract

We present evidence that a parasite with characteristics of Plasmodium vivax is being transmitted among Duffy blood group-negative inhabitants of Kenya. Thirty-two of 4,901 Anopheles gambiae and An. funestus (0.65%) collected in Nyanza Province were ELISA positive for the P. vivax circumsporozoite p...

Subject

Plasmodium vivax

Biology

Circumsporozoite protein

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