Cryopreserved Plasmodium vivax and cord blood reticulocytes can be used for invasion and short term culture

• Main Authors: Céline Borlon, Bruce Russell, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Annette Erhart, Laurent Renia, François Nosten, Umberto D'Alessandro
• Other Authors: Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14359
• Institution: Mahidol University

The establishment of a Plasmodium vivax in vitro culture system is critical for the development of new vaccine, drugs and diagnostic tests. Although short-term cultures have been successfully set up, their reproducibility in laboratories without direct access to P. vivax-infected patients has been l...