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INDIVIDUAL species of malaria parasites are highly host specific1 but the mechanisms which determine susceptibility or innate resistance are poorly understood2. In vitro methods for the short-term culture of erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium knowlesi3 and for isolating free merozoite preparations minimally contaminated with host cells4 have provided a basis for studying the ability of serum and of red cells from susceptible and resistant hosts to support the growth and multiplication of this simian parasite.
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BUTCHER, G., MITCHELL, G. & COHEN, S. Mechanism of Host Specificity in Malarial Infection. Nature 244, 40–42 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244040a0
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