1/69 (β, DA, EN)

Type: 
Rodent malaria isolate
Country: 
Nigeria
Source: 
mouse
History: 
Collected in 1969 by Killick-Kendrick from mosquito. Mouse named 1β arrived in Edinburgh 23.7.70 -> 5x mouse passage; stabilates made 1/9/70. Mouse named 1DA arrived in Edinburgh 8.10.71; stabilates made 1/9/70. Deep-froze sample EN arrived in Edinburgh from Marc Wery, Antwerp, 7/12/73; passaged into mouse 1EN' stabilates made 7/11/77.
UK Biosafety level: 
1
Availability: 
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Comments: 
origin of P. vinckei brucechwatti 1/69
References: 

Beale GH, et al. Genetics In: Killick-Kendrick R, Peters W. Rodent Malaria. London: Academic Press. pp. 213-245, 1978. Killick-Kendrick R.. Parasitic protozoa of the blood of rodents V. Plasmodium vinckei bricechwatti subsp. nov., a malaria parasite of the thicket rat, Thamnomys rutilans, in Nigeria. Ann. Parasitol. 50: 251-264, 1975. Killick-Kendrick R. Malaria parasites of Thamnomys rutilans (Rodentia, Muridae) in Nigeria. Bull World Health Organ. 1968; 38(5): 822?824.

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