A microprocessorbased control unit for Plasmodium falciparum culture apparatus
Animal Virus Research Institute Pirbright Woking Surrey GU24 ONF, Liverpool University Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
1Department of Bioengineering, Liverpool University Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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We describe a microprocessorbased control unit for apparatus which effects changes of culture medium on Plasmodium falciparum parasites maintained in vitro. The unit has required minimal attention during the two years it has been in operation and it has markedly facilitated the production of mature sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum on a routine basis.
Received on September 2, 1986; accepted on October 27, 1986