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Crithidia
(redirected from Crithidia luciliae)

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Crithidia /Cri·thid·ia/ (krĭ-thid´e-ah) a genus of parasitic protozoa found in the digestive tract of arthropods and other invertebrates.
cri·thid·i·a (kr-thd-)
n.
The stage of development of certain flagellate parasites of vertebrates in the insect host, such as the multiplying form of the agent of African sleeping sickness in the tsetse fly.
Crithidia
a genus, the trypanosomes, in the family Trypanosomatidae found in arthropods and other invertebrates.
Crithidia luciliae
commercial preparations of this organism are used as substrate in assays for serum antibodies against native DNA.


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Samples showing homogeneous staining patterns were reevaluated using the Crithidia luciliae substrate (ImmunoConcepts), which specifically detects antibodies to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), and by enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect antibodies to chromatin (INOVA Diagnostics, San Diego, CA), both according to the manufacturers' instructions.
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