Duffy antigen system
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Oct 18, 2026
speaker_4HOST
Take the Duffy blood group antigen.
speaker_4HOST
It turns out the Duffy antigen is the exact receptor that Plasmodium vivax, one of the major malaria parasites, uses to grab onto and invade the red cell.
speaker_4HOST
Wow.
speaker_4HOST
So in populations where 5X malaria is highly endemic, particularly in parts of Africa, many individuals have evolved to be Duffy negative.