Plasmodium vivax infections of Duffy-negative erythrocytes: historically undetected or a recent adaptation?

K Gunalan, A Niangaly, MA Thera, OK Doumbo… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Plasmodium vivax is the main cause of malarial disease in Asia and South America.
Plasmodium vivax infection was thought to be absent in African populations who are Duffy …

Alternative Invasion Mechanisms and Host Immune Response to Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Trends and Future Directions

D Kepple, K Pestana, J Tomida, A Abebe, L Golassa… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plasmodium vivax malaria is a neglected tropical disease, despite being more
geographically widespread than any other form of malaria. The documentation of P. vivax …

High prevalence and extended deletions in Plasmodium falciparum hrp2/3 genomic loci in Ethiopia

L Golassa, A Messele, A Amambua-Ngwa… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Deletions in Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein 2 (pfhrp 2) gene threaten the
usefulness of the most widely used HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) that …

Band 3–mediated Plasmodium vivax invasion is associated with transcriptional variation in PvTRAg genes

K De Meulenaere, SK Prajapati, E Villasis… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion process is still poorly understood, with only a
few receptor-ligand interactions identified to date. Individuals with the Southeast Asian …

Comparative transcriptomics reveal differential gene expression among Plasmodium vivax geographical isolates and implications on erythrocyte invasion …

D Kepple, CT Ford, J Williams, B Abagero… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The documentation of Plasmodium vivax malaria across Africa especially in regions where
Duffy negatives are dominant suggests possibly alternative erythrocyte invasion …

Transcriptome profiling of Plasmodium vivax in Saimiri monkeys identifies potential ligands for invasion

K Gunalan, JM Sá, RR Moraes Barros… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Unlike the case in Asia and Latin America, Plasmodium vivax infections are rare in sub-
Saharan Africa due to the absence of the Duffy blood group antigen (Duffy antigen), the only …

Interaction of Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen PvTRAg38 with band 3 on human erythrocyte surface facilitates parasite growth

MS Alam, V Choudhary, M Zeeshan, RK Tyagi… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Plasmodium tryptophan-rich proteins are involved in host-parasite interaction and thus
potential drug/vaccine targets. Recently, we have described several P. vivax tryptophan-rich …

Host-Parasite Interaction: Selective Pv-fam-a Family Proteins of Plasmodium vivax Bind to a Restricted Number of Human Erythrocyte Receptors

M Zeeshan, RK Tyagi, K Tyagi, MS Alam… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. Plasmodium vivax synthesizes the largest number of 36 tryptophan-rich
proteins belonging to the Pv-fam-a family. These parasite proteins need to be characterized …

Immunoprofiling of the tryptophan-rich antigen family in Plasmodium vivax

B Wang, F Lu, Y Cheng, JH Chen, HY Jeon… - Infection and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tryptophan-rich antigens (TRAgs) are an antigen family that has been identified in human
and rodent malaria parasites. TRAgs have been proposed as candidate antigens for …

[HTML][HTML] Determining the Plasmodium vivax VCG-1 strain blood stage proteome

DA Moreno-Perez, R Degano, N Ibarrola, A Muro… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent parasite species causing malaria in humans
living in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. There have been few P. vivax …