title: Disposable environmental chamber for assessing the drug susceptibility of malaria parasites.
abstract: The CO2-enriched atmosphere required for the short-term growth of human malaria parasites can be provided by a small, disposable environmental bag that is readily available in many laboratories. This provides an ideal alternative means for incubating malaria parasites when specially-prepared gas mixtures, air-tight incubation chambers or candle-jars are unavailable or they are too expensive or impractical to use. Such an environmental bag should encourage greater use of the WHO in vitro test for assessing the drug susceptibility of malaria parasites.
authors.affiliation: Army Malaria Research Unit, Ingleburn NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Huyssen
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rieckmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002738:Chloroquine