<i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Duffy binding protein: baseline antibody responses and parasite polymorphisms in a well‐consolidated settlement of the Amazon Region

Abstract

The recognition of PvDBP by a significant proportion of the community, associated with low levels of DBP(II) diversity among local P. vivax, reinforces the variety of malaria transmission patterns in communities from frontier settlements. Such studies should provide baseline information for antimalarial vaccines now in development.