Enrichment of Babesia caballi-infected erythrocytes from microaerophilous stationary-phase cultures using Percoll gradients.
A rapid and simple method for concentrating leucocyte-free Babesia caballi-infected erythrocytes from in vitro cultures is described. Infected erythrocytes amounted to at least 95% of all red cells obtained.
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Institut für Parasitologie, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000502:physiology*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000097:blood; D002469:Cell Separation; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood; D006736:Horses