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Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi BK clone

Type
Rodent malaria line
Description
P.c. chabaudi BK (BK28, 29) clones. No mosquito transmission, 4 passages from wild T.rutilans.
Subclone of
Isolate BK
Country
Central African Republic
History
T rutilans. Captured Boulard (RCA), arrived Edinburgh 18/4/69. Passaged x2 into mice; frozen isolates, 8/5/1969. -> 3x mouse passage, cloning; frozen stabilates BK28, BK29 made on the 15/3/96. Blood isolates of naturally-infected Thicket Rats captured in the CAR in 1965 (Landau & Chabaud)
UK Biosafety level
1
Availability
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Links
Plasmodium chabaudi isolates, lines and clones (PDF)

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Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi BK clone was obtained from The European Malaria Reagent Repository (http://www.malariaresearch.eu).

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Contact

Email: emrr@ed.ac.uk