ATCC® Number:50110™
Organism: Plasmodium falciparum Welch
Designations: HB-2
Isolation: derived from existing strain Isolation date: 1981
Depositors: W Trager
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 2196: Malaria medium, completeTemperature: 37.0°C Growth condition: in vitro culture in human erythrocytes. Consult product sheet for protocol.
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Comments: This is a non-gametocyte-forming strain.
Related Items: parental strain:ATCC30950
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4851: Bhasin VK, Trager W. Gametocyte-forming and non-gametocyte-forming clones of Plasmodium falciparum. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 33: 534-537, 1984. PubMed: 6383092
