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High Yield Purification of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites For Use in Opsonizing Antibody Assays
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High Yield Purification of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites For Use in Opsonizing Antibody Assays

High Yield Purification of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites For Use in Opsonizing Antibody Assays

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July 17, 2014

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10.3791/51590-v

DOI:
10.3791/51590-v

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10:38 min
July 17, 2014

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1Division of Infection and Immunity,Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 2Department of Medical Biology,University of Melbourne

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Measuring antibody function is key to understanding immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. This method describes the purification of viable merozoites, and measurement of opsonization-dependent phagocytosis by flow cytometry.

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Hill, D. L., Eriksson, E. M., Schofield, L. High Yield Purification of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoites For Use in Opsonizing Antibody Assays. J. Vis. Exp. (89), e51590, doi:10.3791/51590 (2014).

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