 Xenodiagnosis
"Xenodiagnosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A method for diagnosing a disease in one organism by inoculating the putative causative organism in a second animal of a different species. It has been used for the detection of parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi and Trichinella spiralis) when peripheral blood smears are negative. (Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995)
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D020525
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.875.985 E01.370.985 E05.200.875.985
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xenodiagnosis" by people in Profiles.
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Molina R, Ghosh D, Carrillo E, Monnerat S, Bern C, Mondal D, Alvar J. Infectivity of Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients to Sand Flies: Revisiting a Proof of Concept in the Context of the Kala-azar Elimination Program in the Indian Subcontinent. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jul 01; 65(1):150-153.
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Schijman AG, Lauricella MA, Marcet PL, Duffy T, Cardinal MV, Bisio M, Levin MJ, Kitron U, Gürtler RE. Differential detection of Blastocrithidia triatomae and Trypanosoma cruzi by amplification of 24salpha ribosomal RNA genes in faeces of sylvatic triatomine species from rural northwestern Argentina. Acta Trop. 2006 Aug; 99(1):50-4.
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