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Maria Carolina Puça

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PhD student at Fiocruz Minas | Trying to understand more about the host and Plasmodium vivax genetics #pharmacogenetics #drugresistance #omics

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Thrilled to share our paper published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases! 🧬

We show how CYP2D6 variability shapes Plasmodium vivax infection in the Amazon:
👶 Kids w/ reduced activity → higher infection rates
🧑‍🦰 Adults → opposite trend + lower parasite density

🔗 academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

19.09.2025 14:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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