N48 (DB) isolate

Type: 
Rodent malaria isolate
Country: 
Nigeria
History: 
Isolate N48 collected in 1967. Infected mice (3rd passage from wild) sent to Edinburgh 25.10.71 by R. Killick-Kendrick, Imperial College, London. Passaged into mouse 1DB; frozen stabilates; 5/11/71
UK Biosafety level: 
1
Availability: 
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Comments: 
P. yoelii nigeriensis N48, P. vinckei brucechwatti DB
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.

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