Xenodiagnosis

"Xenodiagnosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D020525
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.225.875.985 E01.370.985 E05.200.875.985
Concept/Terms	Xenodiagnosis Xenodiagnosis Xenodiagnoses

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Xenodiagnosis".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E01.370.225]
Microbiological Techniques [E01.370.225.875]
Xenodiagnosis [E01.370.225.875.985]
Xenodiagnosis [E01.370.985]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Clinical Laboratory Techniques [E05.200]
Microbiological Techniques [E05.200.875]
Xenodiagnosis [E05.200.875.985]

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