HUMAN PLASMODIUM LIVER STAGES IN SCID MICE - A FEASIBLE MODEL

Authors
BADELL E PASQUETTO V ELING W THOMAS A DRUILHE P
Citation
E. Badell et al., HUMAN PLASMODIUM LIVER STAGES IN SCID MICE - A FEASIBLE MODEL, Parasitology today, 11(5), 1995, pp. 169-171
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology today → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694758
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
169 - 171
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4758(1995)11:5<169:HPLSIS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In a recent issue of Parasitology Today, Stanley and Virgin(1) have st ressed the potential of B- and T-cell deficient mice, among which seve re combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice are most frequently used, as models for the study of parasites. One of the most tantalizing prospec ts has been in the development of liver stages (LS) of human Plasmodiu m.