Amaratunga Chanaki, Neal Aaron T, Fairhurst Rick M
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Aug;58(8):4938-40. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02902-14. Epub 2014 May 27.
The ring-stage survival assay (RSA) is a powerful tool for phenotyping artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum but requires experienced microscopists to count viable parasites among 10,000 erythrocytes in Giemsa-stained thin blood smears. Here we describe a rapid flow cytometric assay that accurately counts viable parasites among 250,000 erythrocytes in suspension. This method performs as well as light microscopy and can be used to standardize the collection of RSA data between research groups in laboratory and field settings.
环状体存活试验(RSA)是用于对青蒿素耐药恶性疟原虫进行表型分析的有力工具,但需要经验丰富的显微镜技术人员在吉姆萨染色的薄血涂片的10,000个红细胞中计数存活的寄生虫。在此,我们描述了一种快速流式细胞术检测方法,该方法可准确计数悬浮液中250,000个红细胞中的存活寄生虫。该方法与光学显微镜的效果相当,可用于在实验室和现场环境中规范各研究组之间RSA数据的收集。