title: Merogony in in vitro cultures of Theileria parva.
abstract: In vitro studies were focussed on the duration and cessation of merogony in Theileria parva infected blood lymphocyte cell cultures. The cultures were infected using purified tick stabilates as an alternative to in vitro infections, using sporozoites obtained by labour intensive dissections of salivary glands from infected ticks. After establishment of infection in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), merozoites were temporarily produced for about 2 months after which lymphoblasts only contained schizonts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000, Antwerp, Belgium. mmadder@itg.be
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madder
authors.forename: Niko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Speybroeck
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berkvens
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baudoux
authors.forename: Tanguy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marcotty
authors.forename: Ibrahima
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pita Bah
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Geysen
authors.forename: Jef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brandt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000469:parasitology; D016014:Linear Models; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016008:Statistical Distributions; D016797:Theileria parva / Q000502:physiology*