Type
Description
P. vinckei subsp. 10EL1, 10EL2, 10EL9 clones. No mosquito transmission.
Subclone of
isolate Esekam IV (EL)
Country
Cameroon
History
Original isolate Esekam IV from Thamnomys species, collected in Esekam, Cameroon in 1974 by Dr J.M. Bafort. Deep freeze stabilate sent to Edinburgh by Dr M Wery in 1977. Passaged into G surdaster, 2EL, frozen 2/11/77; mouse 1EL, frozen 2/11/77. 1EL -> 3 mouse passage, cloning; frozen stabilates, 10EL1, 10EL2, 10EL9, 9/12/1977.
UK Biosafety level
1
Availability
Available.
References
Lainson F.A.. Observations on the morphology and electrophoretic variation of enzymes of the rodent malaria parasites of Cameroon, Plasmodium yoelii, P. chabaudi and P. vinckei. Parasitology 86: 221-229, 1983.