HIV after DARC

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Battling malaria for millennia helped Africans build barriers against the parasite that causes it, but that defense has proven to be a double-edged sword for HIV infection. One protein, the Duffy antigen receptor for cytokines, protects against malaria by making the individual more susceptible to contracting HIV. However, those same individuals do live longer once infected.

Keywords: mosquitoes Africa plasmodium vivax malaria parasites DARC HIV