Abstract
Plasmodium falciparum can now be maintained in continuous culture in human erythrocytes incubated at 38°C in RPMI 1640 medium with human serum under an atmosphere with 7 percent carbon dioxide and low oxygen (1 or 5 percent). The original parasite material, derived from an infected Aotus trivirgatus monkey, was diluted more than 100 million times by the addition of human erythrocytes at 3- or 4-day intervals. The parasites continued to reproduce in their normal asexual cycle of approximately 48 hours but were no longer highly synchronous. They have remained infective to Aotus .
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Plasmodium falciparumMalariaBiologyParasite hostingMalarial parasitesCarbon dioxideMicrobiologyEcologyImmunology
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- 193
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- 4254
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- 673-675
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William Trager,
James B. Jensen
(1976).
Human Malaria Parasites in Continuous Culture.
Science
, 193
(4254)
, 673-675.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.781840
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- 10.1126/science.781840