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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) |
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