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LABORATORY investigations of the biological and biochemical characteristics of malarial parasites from man have been hampered by the lack of infected patients and of susceptible laboratory animals. In order to prolong the cultivation of plasmodial species in vitro1, we sought a supply of blood infected with Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Apart from nine cases of human malaria and two samples of frozen human infected blood, no steady supply for our experiments was available in the Bay area of California. Storing or freezing the blood causes the parasite to change before the experiments are begun.
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GEIMAN, Q., MEAGHER, M. Susceptibility of a New World Monkey to Plasmodium falciparum from Man. Nature 215, 437–439 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215437a0
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