寻找抗利什曼病药物,一般选用啮齿类作为实验动物,但亦需研究非啮齿类哺乳动物对杜氏利什曼原虫的敏感性。本文作者在研究中发现负鼠(Didelphis marsupialis)对杜氏利什曼原虫很敏感。用在实验室内繁殖的一岁龄雌雄负鼠各一只,体重分别为2.29 Look for anti-leishmaniasis drugs, the general use of rodents as experimental animals, but also need to study the non-rodent mammals Leishmania donovani sensitivity. In this study, the authors found that Didelphis marsupialis is very sensitive to Leishmania donovani. One-year-old female and male possum, one in each laboratory, were bred for weight 2.29