Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy antigen-negative individuals from the Brazilian Amazon region: an exception?

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Oct;101(10):1042-4. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.011. Epub 2007 Jun 29.

Abstract

We present evidence for Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy blood group-negative inhabitants of Brazil. The P. vivax identification was determined by both genotypic and non-genotypic screening tests. The Duffy blood group was genotyped by PCR/RFLP and phenotyped using a microtyping kit. We detected two homozygous FY*B-33 carriers infected by P. vivax, whose circumsporozoite protein genotypes were VK210 and/or P. vivax-like. Additional efforts are necessary in order to clarify the evidence that P. vivax is being transmitted among Duffy blood group-negative patients from the Brazilian Amazon region.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Duffy Blood-Group System / genetics
  • Duffy Blood-Group System / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Vivax / blood
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / immunology*
  • Male

Substances

  • Duffy Blood-Group System