{"id":68,"date":"2016-12-28T18:51:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/bls-student-blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2020-04-15T23:05:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T23:05:59","slug":"parasite-culture-and-diagnosis-leishmania-adleri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/bls-student-blog\/2016\/12\/28\/parasite-culture-and-diagnosis-leishmania-adleri\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasite Culture and Diagnosis &#8211; Leishmania adleri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMKFgZShkBM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Leishmania alderi\u00a0<\/em>(a lizard parasite that is non-pathogenic to humans) can easily be grown in culture to further research into the neglected tropical disease Leishmaniasis\u00a0and to investigate the usage of an antigen detection diagnostic test &#8211; BIOL322 Tropical Diseases practical.<\/p>\n<p>Leishmaniasis is\u00a0caused by transmission of the\u00a0protozoan <i>Leishmania<\/i> parasites via the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/13966200_Leishmania_adleri_a_lizard_parasite_expresses_structurally_similar_glycoinositolphospholipids_to_mammalian_Leishmania<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs375\/en\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leishmania alderi\u00a0(a lizard parasite that is non-pathogenic to humans) can easily be grown in culture to further research into the neglected tropical disease Leishmaniasis\u00a0and to investigate the usage of an antigen detection diagnostic test &#8211; BIOL322 Tropical Diseases practical. 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