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Serum-free cultivation of several Plasmodium falciparum strains
A Lingnau1, G Margos, W A Maier
1Institut für Medizinische Parasitologie der Universität Bonn, Germany.
Parasitology Research
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Plasmodium falciparum strains from different malaria-endemic regions were grown in continuous culture without human serum. The medium was complemented with Nutridoma-SR instead of serum. All parasite strains developed well in serum-free medium. Two strains were thawed without serum and showed good multiplication in subsequent continuous culture.