Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniosis in dogs: Comparative application of traditional diagnostic methods and the proposed assay on clinical samples

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-113

  Ikonomopoulos, J ^a   Kokotas, S ^b   Gazouli, M ^b   Zavras, A ^c   Stoitsiou, M ^d   Gorgoulis, V G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Kifisia Veterinary Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leishmania spp.; PCR; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASSAY; BLAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037453399     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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