Definition of xenodiagnosis in English Turkish dictionary
(Tıp) Bri hastadan enfeksiyon almış portör bir şahısta mikrobun bulunması ile koyulan teşhis
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Definition of xenodiagnosis in English English dictionary
diagnosis of an infectious disease (especially of trypanosomiasis) by exposure to a vector of that disease, incubating the vector and examining it for the presence of the disease
Procedure involving the feeding of laboratory-reared triatomid bugs on patients suspected of having Chagas' disease; after several weeks, the feces of the bugs are checked for intermediate stages of Trypanosoma cruzi