ATCC? Number:30196?
Organism: Plasmodium inui Halberstaedter and von Prowazek
Designations: ID (Perlis)
Isolation: Macaca fascicularis, Perlis state, West Malaysia, 1964.
Depositors: National Institutes of Health
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Duration: in vivo, Macaca mulatta Protocol: ATCCNO: 30037 SPEC: This strain is distributed as a frozen stabilate. See general instructions for thawing and storage of frozen material before proceeding. As soon as the strain arrives, remove the frozen ampule from the dry ice and transfer it directly to a 35C water bath. When it is completely thawed, aseptically remove the material with a syringe and inject the entire contents of the vial into an Aotus trivirgatus. This parasite can be maintained by serial passage of parasitized blood (by intravenous inoculation) into monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus).
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Comments: taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, and geographical distribution [4956] phylogeny [38801] serologic relationship of Asian isolates [4859]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4859: Collins WE, et al. Plasmodium inui: serologic relationships of Asian isolates. Exp. Parasitol. 27: 507-515, 1970. PubMed: 4986810 4956: Eyles DE. The species of simian malaria: taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, and geographical distribution of the monkey species. J. Parasitol. 49: 866-887, 1963. PubMed: 14084190 38801: Kissinger JC, et al. Plasmodium inui is not closely related to other quartan Plasmodium species. J. Parasitol. 84: 278-282, 1998. PubMed: 9576499