Large scale culture technique for pure Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-21

  Petmitr, Porntip ^a   Pongvilairat, Ganokwan ^a   Wilairat, Prapon ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SORBITOL;

EID: 0031087759     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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