Instituto de Medicina Molecular – Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa

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Immunology and Infection

Detection of Extravascular Trypanosoma Parasites by Fine Needle Aspiration

Tânia Carvalho¹, Ana Margarida Santos¹, Luísa M. Figueiredo²

¹Comparative Pathology Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular – Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, ²Biology of Parasitism Laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Molecular – Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa

Fine Needle Aspiration is a technique, whereby cells are obtained from a lesion or organ using a thin needle. Aspirated material is smeared, stained and examined under a microscope for diagnosis or used for molecular biology, cytometry or in vitro analysis. It is cheap, simple, quick and causes minimal trauma.