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Xenodiagnosis

Medical Definition: 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)
Guide Notes: permitted with parasitic diseases as well as microbial infections
Previously Indexed: specific disease/diagnosis (1967-1999)

Xenodiagnosis Medical Definitions and Terms

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