Cultivation in vitro of the quartan malaria parasite Plasmodium inui

Science. 1980 Sep 12;209(4462):1249-51. doi: 10.1126/science.6773146.

Abstract

The simian guartan malaria parasite Plasmodium inui (OS strain) was cultured in a continuous flow system with rhesus monkey erythrocytes and RPMI 1640nmedium supplemented with Hepes buffer and rhesus serum. Over a 10-week period, the growth of the parasite permitted a 61,000-fold cumulative dilution of the original inoculum. After 5 weeks in culture, the parasites were still infective to the monkey Saimiri sciureus and to Anopheles freeborni mosquitoes.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology*
  • Haplorhini / parasitology*
  • Larva
  • Macaca / parasitology*
  • Plasmodium / cytology
  • Plasmodium / growth & development*