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Editorial
. 2017 Sep;97(3):636-638.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0461.

Plasmodium vivax Infection in Duffy-Negative People in Africa

Peter A Zimmerman  1
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Editorial

Plasmodium vivax Infection in Duffy-Negative People in Africa

Peter A Zimmerman. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Sep.
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Figure 1.
Field-based studies that have reported Plasmodium vivax infection in Duffy-negative people across Africa. Dates refer to the year in which manuscripts reporting these findings were published. Black dots represent studies that confirmed Duffy-negative genotype and P. vivax infection by PCR methods and gray dots those that detected P. vivax infection by either PCR or serological methods. The inset graph tracks the annual (dotted line) and cumulative (solid line) number of manuscripts that have reported P. vivax-positive/Duffy-negative malaria.
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