Cryopreserved Plasmodium vivax and cord blood reticulocytes can be used for invasion and short term culture

► Cryopreserved Plasmodium vivax isolates and reticulocytes were used to perform invasion assays. ► Invasion results with frozen isolates were similar to those obtained with fresh isolates. ► The possibility of starting a short-term culture after invasion was explored. ► This method will facilitate P. vivax research outside endemic areas.