Prevalence and risk of Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy-negative individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: A better understanding of the occurrence and risk of Plasmodium vivax infection among Duffy-negative individuals is required to guide further research on these infections across Africa. To address this, we used a meta-analysis approach to investigate the prevalence of P. vivax infection among Duffy-negative individuals and assessed the risk of infection in these individuals when compared with Duffy-positive individuals. This study was registered with The International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews website (ID: CRD42021240202) and followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Literature searches were conducted using medical subject headings to retrieve relevant studies in Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus, from February 22, 2021 to Jan

SUBMITTER: Wilairatana P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901689 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature