ATCC? Number:30073?
Organism: Plasmodium vivax (Grassi and Feletti) Labbe
Designations: NICA
Isolation: owl monkey, Nicaragua
Depositors: National Institutes of Health
History: ATCC<<--National Institutes of Health<<--CDC
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Duration: in vivo, Aotus trivirgatus 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: infection in anopheline mosquitoes [38790] transmission from monkey to man [38773]
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa
References: 5131: Coatney GR. The primate malarias. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 1971. 38773: Collins WE, et al. Transmission of four Central American strains of Plasmodium vivax from monkey to man. J. Parasitol. 58: 332-335, 1972. PubMed: 4623380 38790: Collins WE, et al. Studies of comparative infectivity of fifteen strains of Plasmodium vivax to laboratory-reared anopheline mosquitoes, with special reference to Anopheles culicifacies. J. Parasitol. 72: 521-524, 1986. PubMed: 3537255