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Cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma carassii, a common parasite of freshwater fish

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Trypanosoma carassii (syn. T. danilewskyi) is a widespread parasite of carp and other cyprinid as well as some noncyprinid freshwater fish. It lives extracellularly in the blood and tissues of its hosts, causing chronic infections. In this paper the isolation of T. carassii from fish blood and the propagation and cloning of bloodstream forms in vitro are described. By several criteria, cultured and fish-derived trypomastigotes are indistinguishable. The culture system should be useful for the biochemical characterization of this trypanosome and its interaction with the fish immune system.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Membranbiochemie, Corrensstrasse 38, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany Tel.: +49-7071-601236; Fax: +49-7071-62971; E-mail: peter.overath@tuebingen.mpg.de, , , , , , DE

    Peter Overath, Jens Ruoff, York-Dieter Stierhof & Jochen Haag

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Immungenetik, Corrensstrasse 40, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Herbert Tichy

  3. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovska 31, 37005 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic, , , , ,

    Iva Dyková & Jiri Lom

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Received: 10 September 1997 / Accepted: 26 November 1997

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Overath, P., Ruoff, J., Stierhof, YD. et al. Cultivation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma carassii, a common parasite of freshwater fish. Parasitol Res 84, 343–347 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050408

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