Type
Description
uncloned P.v. brucechwatti N48 after mosquito transmission.
Subclone of
Isolate N48 (DB)
Country
Nigeria
History
Isolate N48 collected in 1967. Infected mice (3rd passage from wild) sent to Edinburgh 25.10.71 by R. Killick-Kendrick, Imperial College, London. Passaged into mouse 1DB; frozen stabilates; 5/11/71. 5 mouse passages -> An. stephensi transmission; frozen stabilates made 2/8/77 and 11/12/2009. Blood isolates of naturally-infected Thicket Rats captured in the CAR in 1965 (Landau & Chabaud)
UK Biosafety level
1
Availability
Available.
References
Beale GH, et al. Genetics In: Killick-Kendrick R, Peters W. Rodent Malaria. London: Academic Press. pp. 213-245, 1978. Killick-Kendrick R.. Parasitic protozoa of the blood of rodents V. Plasmodium vinckei bricechwatti subsp. nov., a malaria parasite of the thicket rat, Thamnomys rutilans, in Nigeria. Ann. Parasitol. 50: 251-264, 1975.
Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of rodent malaria parasites. Ramiro RS, Reece SE, Obbard DJ. BMC Evol Biol. 2012 12:219