ATCC? Number:30932?
Organism: Plasmodium falciparum Welch
Designations: FCR-3/FMG [ FCR-3/Gambia)]
Isolation: clinical specimen - human (Isolated from an infected human blood sample collected by M. Friedman, Medical Research Council Labs Clinic, Fajara, Gambia, 1976.)Fajara Gambia Isolation date: 1976
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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Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4848: Jensen JB, Trager W. Plasmodium falciparum in culture: establishment of additional strains. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 27: 743-746, 1978. PubMed: 356635 4975: Jensen JB, Trager W. Plasmodium falciparum in culture: use of outdated erthrocytes and description of the candle jar method. J. Parasitol. 63: 883-886, 1977. PubMed: 335035 23809: Jensen JB, et al. Clinical drug-resistant falciparum malaria acquired from cultured parasites. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 30: 523-525, 1981. PubMed: 7020443