Lostrie-Trussart N, Letesson J J, Didembourg C, Depelchin A
Département de Microbiologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.
Vet Parasitol. 1988 Jul;29(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(88)90003-9.
Trypanosoma theileri is an ubiquitous blood parasite of cattle. This parasite grows easily in RPMI medium and perturbs lymphocyte tests based on [3H]thymidine uptake. This paper reports that 0.5 microgram ml-1 amphotericin B in the medium is adequate to get Trypanosoma growth inhibition without alteration of either mitogenic or allogenic stimulation of bovine lymphoid cells in vitro.