Trypanosoma cruzi grows in which of the following medium: (A) NNN medium, (B) Weinman's medium, (C) Boeack diphasic medium, (D) Diamonds medium
Answer is A. Trypanosoma cruzi grows on NNN medium incubated at 22 to 24 degree centigrade and subcultured every 1 to 2 weeks. Centrifuged material is examined for trypanosomes The NNN (Novy-McNeal-Nicolle), medium -also used for isolation of Leishmania Ref: D.R. Arora. Medical parasitology 4th ed pg. 65