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Malaria
New malaria study findings recently were reported by W.E. Collins and co-researchers
April 1st, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "A review is presented on studies conducted in New World monkeys and chimpanzees with the Salvador I strain of Plasmodium vivax. This isolate has been adapted to Aotus and Saimiri (squirrel) monkeys and developed as a model for the testing of antimalarial vaccines." "After the injection of 10,000 sporozoites, the median prepatent period in S. boliviensis monkeys was 21.5 days. In 103 sporozoite-induced infections in splenectomized monkeys, the median maximum parasite count ranged from 2,139 to 202,368/mu L, with a median maximum parasite count of 48,174/mu L. Median maximum parasite counts in Aotus lemitrinus griseimembra, A....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-01)
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