ATCC? Number:30163?
Organism: Plasmodium fieldi Eyles et al.
Designations: N-3
Isolation: Macaca nemestrina, West Malaysia
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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Type Strain: yes(type strain)
Comments: low-density parasitemia in Aotus lemurinus griseimbra monkeys [38806] infection in Aotus monkeys [38806] infection in rhesus monkeys [38785] Observation on the relapse activity [4671]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 4671: Collins WE, Contacos PG. Observations on the relapse activity of Plasmodium fieldi in the rhesus monkey. J. Parasitol. 57: 29-32, 1971. PubMed: 4994804 5167: Eyles DE, et al. Plasmodium fieldi sp. nov., a new species of malaria parasite from the pig-tailed macaque in Malaya. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 56: 242-247, 1962. 38785: Collins WE, et al. Infection and transmission studies with the N-3 strain of Plasmodium fieldi in the Macaca mulatta monkey. J. Parasitol. 70: 422-427, 1984. PubMed: 6491849 38806: Sullivan JS, et al. Attempts to transmit the N-3 strain of Plasmodium fieldi to Aotus monkeys. J. Parasitol. 84: 195-197, 1998. PubMed: 9488369