Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Leishmania challenge model
- Patent Title (中): 利什曼样式挑战模式
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Application No.: US13296675Application Date: 2011-11-15
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Publication No.: US08414882B2Publication Date: 2013-04-09
- Inventor: Laurent Bernard Fischer , Shaden Kamahwi , Jesus Valenzuela , Hamide Aslan Suau
- Applicant: Laurent Bernard Fischer , Shaden Kamahwi , Jesus Valenzuela , Hamide Aslan Suau
- Applicant Address: US GA Duluth
- Assignee: Merial Limited
- Current Assignee: Merial Limited
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Duluth
- Agency: Merial Limited
- Agent Judy Jarecki-Black; Chad Kitchen
- Main IPC: A01N63/00
- IPC: A01N63/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for effectively and reproducibly infecting canines with Leishmania infantum using sand flies to vector the parasite. The inventive method comprises several steps, including ensuring canines are naïve to Leishmania, infecting the canines using bites of Leishmania-infected sand fly bites, and evaluating successful transmission of the Leishmania parasites.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120164179A1 Leishmania Challenge Model Public/Granted day:2012-06-28
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