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  • Title: Effects of long-term in vitro cultivation on the virulence of cloned lines of Leishmania major promastigotes.
    Author: Segovia M, Artero JM, Mellado E, Chance ML.
    Journal: Ann Trop Med Parasitol; 1992 Aug; 86(4):347-54. PubMed ID: 1463354.
    Abstract:
    The virulences of several clones from a single Leishmania major strain were studied in BALB/c mice. Clones showed the same pattern of infectivity and virulence two months after cloning as the parental population. After prolonged in vitro culture, however, it was apparent that two types of virulent clones existed: although the level of virulence remained stable in some clones, in others, such as C-11, it progressively decreased, as in the parental population. The progressive loss in virulence in a continuously cultured mixed population was probably due to selection, as the initial mixture of a stable virulent clone and a stable avirulent clone eventually yielded a totally avirulent promastigote population. After cultivation for 12 months, neither clone C-11 nor the parental population produced lesions in inoculated mice but virulent parasites were recovered from the inguinal nodes of the mice, possibly as a result of selection in vivo for virulent parasites.
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