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Wilfred Nyamu

Kenya Medical Research Institute

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Red blood cell tension controls Plasmodium falciparum invasion and protects against severe malaria in the Dantu blood group

Silvia N. Kariuki, Alejandro Marín-Menéndez, Viola Introini, Benjamin J. Ravenhill, Yen‐Chun Lin, Alex Macharia, Johnstone Makale, Metrine Tendwa, Wilfred Nyamu, Jurij Kotar, Manuela Carrasquilla, J. Alexandra Rowe, Kirk A. Rockett, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, Michael P. Weekes, , Julian C. Rayner

The paper shows that Dantu blood group variant increases red blood cell tension, reducing Plasmodium falciparum invasion and protecting against severe malaria.

Nature · Sep 16, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics