infection of chimpanzees with nigerian i/cdc strain of plasmodium ovale. | seven splenectomized chimpanzees were infected with the nigerian i/cdc strain of plasmodium ovale. two of the animals had no history of previous malarial infection whereas three had been infected with p. vivax, one with p. malariae, and one with p. vivax and p. malariae. the two animals with no previous malarial experience had maximum parasitemias of 88,700 and 127,000 per mm3 while the other animals had maximum parasitemias ranging from 10,100 to 60,600 per mm3. anopheles freeborni, an. dirus, ... | 1987 | 3688304 |
the nigerian i/cdc strain of plasmodium ovale in chimpanzees. | the chimpanzee is the only animal host currently available that can support the development of the human malaria parasite plasmodium ovale. thirty-one infections with the nigerian i/cdc strain were induced in splenectomized chimpanzees. maximum parasite counts ranged from 1,240 to 127,224/microliters. infections were transient and unpredictable. anopheles stephensi, anopheles gambiae, anopheles freeborni, and anopheles dirus mosquitoes were infected by feeding through parafilm membranes on hepar ... | 1996 | 8636850 |