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--- general_pathology:infectious:infectious_diseases_135 [2026/03/06 05:19] – achamings
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 P.vivax specifically enters blood cells using Duffy surface blood group antigens and therefore the absence of these is protective - common in people from West Africa.
-All these mutations are pathogenic in the homozygous form, but heterozygous individuals benefit from protection from P. falciparum
+All these mutations are pathogenic in the homozygous form, but heterozygous individuals benefit from reduced susceptibility from P. falciparum
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