Plasmodium falciparum: loss of knobs on the infected erythrocyte surface after long-term cultivation. |
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Authors: | S G Langreth R T Reese M R Motyl W Trager |
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Affiliation: | The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | After long-term in vitro cultivation in human erythrocytes, variants of three strains of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum no longer produce the “knob” alterations on the host erythrocyte surface. The time in continuous culture before knobs failed to appear ranged from 18 months for the Gambian strain FCR-4 to 33 months for the Vietnamese strain FCR-1. The loss of knobs is correlated with the inability to concentrate trophozoites, schizonts, and segmenters from these variant lines by the use of gelatin-containing media. This is the first report of a change in Plasmodium falciparum or its host cell as a consequence of long-term culture. |
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Keywords: | Protozoa, parasitic Malaria, human Erythrocyte surface alterations Cultivation Electron microscopy Antigenic variation |
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