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xenodiagnosis
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xen·o·di·ag·no·sis  (zn-dg-nss, zn-)
n. pl. xen·o·di·ag·no·ses (-sz)
Diagnosis of an infectious disease at an early stage by exposing a presumably infected individual or tissue to a clean, laboratory-bred mosquito, tick, or other vector and then examining the vector for the presence of the infective microorganism.
xeno·di·ag·nostic (-nstk) adj.
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Moreover, European blackbirds, which have been shown to transmit spirochetes to xenodiagnostic larval ticks (7), are dismissed as transmission hosts on the basis of earlier negative transmission results from Matuschka (8), which came from two birds and pre-dated knowledge of the genetic diversity and apparent host specificity of B.
American Robins as Reservoir Hosts for Lyme Disease Spirochetes by Randolph, Sarah / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Gern and Humair insert the parenthesis (implied xenodiagnosis) into a citation of our text, thereby, equating reservoir competence with a simple xenodiagnostic test that partially addresses only the third component of this definition.
Response to Dr. Randolph and Drs. Gern and Humair by Matuschka, Franz-Rainer / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Robins acquired infection and became infectious to almost all xenodiagnostic ticks soon after exposure to infected nymphal ticks.
Competence of American robins as reservoir hosts for Lyme disease ... by Matuschka, Franz-Rainer / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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