Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: HMI-9 medium containing methylcellulose and human serum supports the continuous axenic in vitro propagation of the bloodstream form

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-290

  Van Reet, N ^a,b   Pyana, P P ^a,c   Deborggraeve, S ^a,d   Buscher P ^a   Claes, F ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bloodstream form; Democratic Republic of the Congo; HMI 9; Human serum; In vitro; Methylcellulose; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

METHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; METHYLCELLULOSE; MICE; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOZOON;

EID: 79956088640     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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