Cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei and T. evansi in a serum-free medium

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-244

  Hirumi, H ^a   Martin, S ^b   Hirumi, K ^a   Inoue, N ^a   Kanbara, H ^c   Saito, A ^a   Suzuki, N ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cultivation; serum free medium; T. brucei; T. evansi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0031083414     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-268.x     Document Type: Article

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