Blood-Stage Plasmodium Vivax Cell Bank

The blood-stage P. vivax master cell bank HMPBS02-Pv was also produced using blood collected from a consenting patient with naturally acquired malaria infection. The malaria infection was confirmed to be P. vivax by species-specific PCR at Pathology Queensland (accredited by the Australian National Association of Testing Authorities) and further confirmed by deep sequencing at the Sanger Institute. The clinical response to antimalarial chemotherapy was also demonstrated with this donor, who was successfully cured with artemether/lumefantrine.