Ex-vivo short-term culture and developmental assessment of Plasmodium vivax.
A simple reproducible method for short-term ex-vivo Plasmodium vivax culture is presented in which glucose, ascorbic acid, thiamine, hypoxanthine, and 50% human AB+ serum are added to the standard P. falciparum in-vitro culture medium. Culture of freshly obtained blood samples from patients with acu...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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