Open AccessGerbils, 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 -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
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.