AK isolate

Type: 
Rodent malaria isolate
Country: 
Central African Republic
Source: 
mouse/G. surdaster
History: 
T rutilans. Captured Boulard (RCA), arrived Paris 15/3/69, arrived Edinburgh 19/3/69. Passaged into mice, G.surdaster; frozen isolates, 1969. Blood isolates of naturally-infected Thicket Rats captured in the CAR in 1965 (Landau & Chabaud)
UK Biosafety level: 
1
Availability: 
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References: 

Killick-Kendrick R, Peters W. Rodent Malaria. London: Academic Press. pp. 213-245, 1978. Carter R, Walliker D. New observations on the malaria parasites of rodents of the Central African Republic - Plasmodium vinckei petteri subsp. nov. and Plasmodium chabaudi Landau, 1965. Ann. Trop Med. Parasitol. 69: 187-196, 1975.

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