Close up photo of a mosquito feeding

Plasmodium vinckei lentum 194zz

Type
Rodent malaria line
Description
P.v.lentum 194zz uncloned line. No mosquito transmission.
Subclone of
Isolate 194zz (DJ)
Country
Brazzaville
History
Original isolate from wild-caught T. rutlians in Congo-Brazzaville. Passaged into mouse 28.10.66. Deep freeze -> mosquito, mouse x4. Second infected mouse named 4DJ received from I Landau 24/12/71, only P.v. lentum visible, isolate 194zz (DJ). Deep froze sample 6/1/72. Refroze 16/12/9.
UK Biosafety level
1
Availability
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References

Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of rodent malaria parasites. Ramiro RS, Reece SE, Obbard DJ. BMC Evol Biol. 2012 12:219

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Plasmodium vinckei lentum 194zz was obtained from The European Malaria Reagent Repository (http://www.malariaresearch.eu).

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Contact

Email: emrr@ed.ac.uk