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Plasmodium chabaudi subsp. EC

Type
Rodent malaria line
Description
P. chabaudi subsp. EC. Uncloned, rat -adapted strain. No mosquito transmission.
Subclone of
Isolate EC
Country
Central African Republic
History
Said to be 'original strain of Landau (1965)'. Obtained by Graham Coombs, University of Kent at Canterbury, from P. Trigg, NIMR, Mill Hill, and adapted to rats. Enzyme typing shows this strain to be distinct from other P.c. chabaudi isolates. Infected rats sent to Edinburgh by Graham Coombs, 16.05.74. Rat 1EC.
UK Biosafety level
1
Availability
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References


Coombs, G.H. and Gutteridge (1975) J. Protozool. 22, 555-560.

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