Plasmodium chabaudi subsp. EC

Type: 
Rodent malaria line
Description: 
P. chabaudi subsp. EC. Uncloned, rat -adapted strain. No mosquito transmission.
Subclone of: 
Isolate EC
Country: 
Central African Republic
History: 
Said to be 'original strain of Landau (1965)'. Obtained by Graham Coombs, University of Kent at Canterbury, from P. Trigg, NIMR, Mill Hill, and adapted to rats. Enzyme typing shows this strain to be distinct from other P.c. chabaudi isolates. Infected rats sent to Edinburgh by Graham Coombs, 16.05.74. Rat 1EC.
UK Biosafety level: 
1
Availability: 
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References: 

Coombs, G.H. and Gutteridge (1975) J. Protozool. 22, 555-560.

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