Detection of Leishmania donovani in live experimental hamsters

In experimental infection and transmission of Leishmania donovani which involve the feeding of sandflies on infected hamsters, the conventional way of detecting infection is by examination of smears, cultures, or both, of the splenic tissues of killed hamsters. The authors have demonstrated viable a...

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Published inTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 229 - 230
Main Authors Kaddu, J.B., Musyoki, R.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1988
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Elsevier
Subjects
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Cricetinae
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human protozoal diseases
Infectious diseases
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania donovani - isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - parasitology
Leshmaniasis
Medical sciences
Mesocricetus - parasitology
Parasitic diseases
Protozoa
Protozoal diseases
Spleen - parasitology
Systematics. Geographical distribution. Morphology. Cytology
Tropical medicine
Protozoa
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Leishmania donovani
Rodentia
Rhizoflagellata
Isolation
Pathogen
Hamster
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Summary:In experimental infection and transmission of Leishmania donovani which involve the feeding of sandflies on infected hamsters, the conventional way of detecting infection is by examination of smears, cultures, or both, of the splenic tissues of killed hamsters. The authors have demonstrated viable amastigotes of L. donovani by splenic aspiration in live hamsters.
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ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(88)90422-1