ATCC® Number:30192™
Organism: Plasmodium knowlesi Sinton and Mulligan
Designations: Malayan
Isolation: Macaca fascicularis, West Malaysia, 1962
Depositors: National Institutes of Health
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
Growth Conditions: Growth Conditions: in vivo, Macaca mulatta Protocol: This strain is distributed as a frozen stabilate. See general instructions for thawing and storage of frozen material before proceeding. As soon as the strain arrives, remove the frozen ampule from the dry ice and transfer it directly to a 35C water bath. When it is completely thawed, aseptically remove the material with a syringe and inject the entire contents of the vial into an Aotus trivirgatus. This parasite can be maintained by serial passage of parasitized blood (by intravenous inoculation) into monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus).
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Comments: Restrictions: This material is not available for international distribution due to the lack of historical data to support the issuance of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) export permit.
Classification: KINGDOM: Protozoa