ATCC? Number:PRA-302?
Organism: Babesia duncani
Designations: WA1
Isolation: Human blood, Washington State, 1991 [16173389]
Depositors: M Eberhard
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Growth condition: in vivo, Golden Syrian hamster
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Comments: Strain has been passaged in vivo in jirds several times [16173390]
References: 16173386: Conrad PA, et al. Description of Babesia duncani n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae)from humans and its differentiation from other piroplasms. Int. J. Parasitol. 36: 779-789, 2006. PubMed: 16725142 16173388: Thomford JW, et al. Cultivation and phylogenetic characterization of a newly recognized human pathogenic protozoan. J. Infect. Dis. 169: 1050-1056, 1994. PubMed: 8169390 16173389: Quick RE, et al. Babesiosis in Washington State: a new species of Babesia?Ann. Intern. Med. 119: 284-290, 1993. PubMed: 8328736 16173390: M Eberhard, personal communication