Leishmania isolation; Vacuum system; Field conditions
PRELIMINARY REPORT
Vaccum aspiratory puncture system for Leishmania culturing, isolation and transport. Preliminary report
Mauro Célio de A. MarzochiI; Pedro César TeixeiraI; Keyla Belízia F. MarzochiI; Nilton Francisco da ConceiçãoI; Wanda CoutinhoII; Deoclécio Bezerra de BritoII
IDepartamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro
IIInstituto Municipal de Medicina Veterinária "Jorge Vaistnian" Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro
Address for correspondence Address for correspondence: M.C.A. Marzochi FIOCRUZ Caixa Postal 926 21041-121, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Key words: Leishmania isolation; Vacuum system; Field conditions.
Full text available only in PDF format.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We thank Dr. H. Momen for revewing the manuscript and Mrs. Rogéria Pelegrino for secretarial assistance.
Recebido para publicação em 20/08/1992
Aceito para publicação em 03/03/1993
- 1. BARRAL, A.; ALMEIDA, R.P.; DE JESUS, A.R.; MEDEIROS-NETO, E.; SANTOS, I.A. & JOHNSON Jr., W. The relevance of characterizing Leishmania from cutaneous lesion. A simple approach for isolation. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz, 82: 579, 1987.
- 2. CUBA-CUBA, C.A.; NETTO, E.M.; COSTA, J.L.M.; BARRETO, A.C. & MARSDEN, P.D. - El cultivo "in vitro" como instrumento prático para el diagnóstico y aislamiento primario de Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis 2. Estudios en pacientes de áreas endémicas. Rev. Inst. Med. imp. S. Paulo, 28: 317-324, 1986.
- 3. GRIMALDI Jr., G.; TESH, R.B. & McMAHOM-PRAT, D. - A review of the geographic distribution and epidemiology of leishmaniasis in the New World. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 41: 687-725, 1989.
- 4. HENDRICKS, L.D. & WRIGHT, N. - Diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by "in vitro" cultivation of saline aspirate in Schneider's Drosophila medium. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 28: 962-964, 1979.
- 5. HO, E.A.; SOONG, T.H. & LI, Y. - Comparative merits of sternum, spleen and liver punctures in the study of human visceral leishmaniasis. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 41: 629-639, 1948.
- 6. SIDDIG, M.; GHALIB, H.; SHILLINGTON, D.C. & PETERSEN, E.A. - Visceral leishmaniasis in the Sudan: comparative parasitological methods of diagnosis. Trans. roy. Soc. trop. Med. Hyg., 82: 66-68, 1988.
- 7. WEIGLE, K.A.; DE DÁVALOS, M.; HEREDIA, P.; MOLINEROS, R.; SARAVIA, N.G. & D'ALESSANDRO, A. - Diagnosis of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia: a comparison of seven methods. Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 36: 489-496, 1987.
- 8. WHO. - Control of leishmaniases: report of a WHO Expert Committee. Wld. Hlth. Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 793: 1-158, 1990.
Address for correspondence:
Publication Dates
-
Publication in this collection
20 July 2006 -
Date of issue
June 1993
History
-
Accepted
03 Mar 1993 -
Received
20 Aug 1992