Sheep serum as a replacement to human serum for the maintenance of in vitro cultures of Plasmodium falciparum

Rai Chowdhuri, A.N.; Sivaraman, C.A.; Regis, M.L.

Journal of Communicable Diseases 13(1): 75-77

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5138
PMID: 7033359
Document Number: 171207
P. falciparum was cultured in medium supplemented with 5 or 10% human serum or with 5 or 10% sheep serum. The peak numbers of parasites/100 red blood cells (obtained after 144 h in culture) in the 4 culture systems were 4.2, 16.0, 8.0 and 22.5, respectively.

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