Glycophorins, Blood Groups, and Protection from Severe Malaria.
Samuel C Wassmer 
;
Jane M Carlton;
(2015)
Glycophorins, Blood Groups, and Protection from Severe Malaria.
Trends in parasitology, 32 (1).
pp. 5-7.
ISSN 1471-4922
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.006
;
Jane M Carlton;
(2015)
Glycophorins, Blood Groups, and Protection from Severe Malaria.
Trends in parasitology, 32 (1).
pp. 5-7.
ISSN 1471-4922
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.006
In Malaŵi, Malungo alibe odi is a saying that translates as: 'Malaria does not ask permission before coming in'. The recent finding of a new severe malaria resistance locus next to a cluster of glycophorin genes involved in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion seems to suggest otherwise: that evolutionary pressure is enabling erythrocytes to lock the door to keep malaria out.
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