In vitro cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum: Studies with modified medium supplemented with ALBUMAX II and various animal sera

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-174

  Srivastava, Kumkum ^a   Singh, Shubhra ^a   Singh, Pratibha ^a   Puri, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Goat serum; Horse serum; Hypoxanthine; Malaria; Protozoa; Rabbit serum; RPMI 1640; RPNI

Indexed keywords

ALBUMAX 2; HYPOXANTHINE; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CULTURE MEDIUM; GOAT; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; GOATS; HORSES; HYPOXANTHINE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RABBITS; SERUM;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34247146905     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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