Gerbils, As Experimental Animals (Meriones unguiculatus): Is A Good Role Model for Leishmania major?
Author(s) -
Serkan Bakırcı,
Hüseyin Bilgin Bilgiç,
Onur Köse,
Ayça Aksulu,
Selin Hacılarlıoğlu,
Tülin Karagenç,
İbrahim Çavuş,
Ahmet Özbilgin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
turkish journal of parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2015.4300
Subject(s) - amastigote , giemsa stain , leishmania , biology , inoculation , leishmaniasis , leishmania major , polymerase chain reaction , pathology , serial dilution , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , parasite hosting , immunology , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene , alternative medicine
This study aimed to observation the possible visceralization tendency and dissemination of L. major amastigotes in gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) using a classic smear technique, inoculated into enriched Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle (NNN) culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for diagnosis of infection.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom