Investigation and isolation of Leishmania: cryopreservation of samples of biopsies from skin lesions in experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

We investigated the viability of isolation of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis and L. (L.) amazonensis from cryopreservated, at -20°C, -70°C and -196°C, samples of biopsies of hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) experimentaly infected. Biopsies with 2mm of diameter were obtained from feet lesions of hamster...

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Autores: Araujo, Maria de Fátima Lereno de, Reina, Rosangela Borges, Gorla, Maria Cecilia Outeiro, Monteiro, Almir Venilton, Tolezano, José Eduardo
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:1993
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto Adolfo Lutz
Repositório:Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/36061
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/36061
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Leishmania; isolation
L. (V.) braziliensis
L. (L.) amazonensis
Experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Cryopreservatíon
Biopsies
Leishmania, isolamento
L (V.) braziliensis
Leishmaniose Tegumentar experimental
Criopreservação
Biópsias
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Resumo:We investigated the viability of isolation of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis and L. (L.) amazonensis from cryopreservated, at -20°C, -70°C and -196°C, samples of biopsies of hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) experimentaly infected. Biopsies with 2mm of diameter were obtained from feet lesions of hamsters. Half of the biopsies was conditioned in plastic freezing tubes containing 1.0 ml of sterile salt solution and 0.l ml of glycerol. The rest was macerated in sterile salt solution and conditioned in aliquot of 1.0 ml into plastic freezing tubes containing 0.l ml of glycerol. It was constituted, then, 3 groups, so that each group contained a biopsie or macerated sample belonging to the different Leishmania at the temperatures above mentionated. Every group were cooled at 4°C for overnight, then placed at -20°C for 24 hours, where stayed the group 1 for 60 days. The other plastic freezing groups were placed at -70°C for 24 hours where stayed the group 2 for 60 days, being the group 3 placed at -196°C where continued for 60 days 100. After this period, the samples were thawed and examined from the smears, cultures and inoculation of these materials. The results obtained up to the present indicated the surviving and the cultivability of L. (L.) amazonensis at -20°C and -l96°C and L. (V.) braziliensis at -20°C, both strains in macerated and fragment.