Plasmodium yoelii yoelii AK

Type: 
Rodent malaria line
Description: 
P.y. yoelii AK lines, uncloned but after rat passage. Mosquito transmission.
Subclone of: 
isolate AK
Country: 
Central African Republic
History: 
T rutilans. Captured Boulard (RCA), arrived Paris 15/3/69, arrived Edinburgh 19/3/69. Passaged into mice, G.surdaster; frozen isolates, 1969. -> passage 2x rats, 3x G. surdaster, An. stephensi transmission; deep froze stabilates, 49AK, 2/3/70
UK Biosafety level: 
1
Availability: 
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References: 

Molecular evolution and phylogenetics of rodent malaria parasites. Ramiro RS, Reece SE, Obbard DJ. BMC Evol Biol. 2012 12:219

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