a method of diagnosing an infectious disease by exposing a vector animal to infected material before examining the animal for the pathogen
xenodiagnosis in American English
(ˌzenəˌdaiəɡˈnousɪs, ˌzinə-)
noun
Medicine
a method of diagnosing certain diseases caused by insects, ticks, or other vectors, by allowing uninfected vectors to feed on the patient and later examining them for infections
Derived forms
xenodiagnostic (ˌzenəˌdaiəɡˈnɑstɪk, ˌzinə-)
adjective
Word origin
[1925–30; xeno- + diagnosis]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buildup, distinctive feature, gimmick, reflex camera, runoutxeno- is a combining form meaning “alien,” “strange,” “guest,” used in the formation ofcompound words. Other words that use the affix xeno- include: xenobiotic, xenocurrency, xenogenesis, xenograft, xenophobia
Examples of 'xenodiagnosis' in a sentence
xenodiagnosis
They are, therefore, a perfect tool for the xenodiagnosis of current or recent human infection.
Nadia Amanzougaghene, Florence Fenollar, Abdoul Karim Sangaré, Mahamadou S. Sissoko,Ogobara K. Doumbo, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov 2017, 'Detection of bacterial pathogens including potential new species in human head licefrom Mali', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0184621. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Eight patients with negative xenodiagnosis and serological tests were considered cured.
Humberto de Oliveira Ferreira 1990, 'Tratamento da forma indeterminada da doença de Chagas com nifurtimox e benzonidazol',Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821990000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thereafter, parasites were demonstrated only by haemoculture and/or xenodiagnosis.
Maria da Glória Bonecine-Almeida, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Heleosina RibeiroPessoa, Claude Piramez, Francisco Laranja 1990, 'Experimental chagas' disease in rhesus monkeys. I. Clinical parasitological, hematologicaland anatomo-pathological studies in the acute and indeterminate phase of the disease',Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761990000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The strain was isolated in 1997, by artificial xenodiagnosis.
Luciamáre Perinetti Alves Martins, Roberto Esteves Pires Castanho, João Aristeu daRosa, Luiz Carlos da Silva, Charles Antônio Pires de Godoy, Raphael de Maurício Rosa 2003, 'Caracterização biológica, histopatológica e análise de ácido nucléico de uma cepaTrypanosoma cruzi da região de Marília, SP Biological and histopathological characterizationtogether with nucleic acids analysis of a Trypanosoma cruzi strain from Marília, SãoPaulo State', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822003000100006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Seventy two mammals from 13 different species were examined by xenodiagnosis.
Nicolas J. Schweigmann, Andrea Alberti, Silvia Pietrokovsky, Osvaldo Conti, AdelinaRiarte, Soledad Montoya, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli 1992, 'A new host of Trypanosoma cruzi from Jujuy, Argentina: octodontomys gliroides (Gervais& D'Orbigny, 1844) (Rodentia, Octodontidae)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761992000200008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This result showed the importance of the artificial xenodiagnosis.
BRAZ Lúcia Maria Almeida, AMATO NETO Vicente, CARIGNANI Fábio Luiz, MARCHI CláudiaRegina de 2001, 'Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia observed in immunocompromised patients: the importanceof the artificial xenodiagnosis', Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000200012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Transmissibility to the vector was evaluated by xenodiagnosis.
Fabio dos Santos Nogueira, Valdir Carlos Avino, Fredy Galvis-Ovallos, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola,Marcio Antonio Batistella Moreira, Ana Paula Peres Lopes Romariz, Leticia M. Molla,Ingrid Menz 2019, 'Use of miltefosine to treat canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantumin Brazil', Parasites & Vectorshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3323-0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)