Evaluation of PCR as a diagnostic mass-screening tool to detect Leishmania (Viannia) spp. in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1486-1493

  Reithinger, Richard ^a,c,d   Espinoza, Juan Canales ^c   Courtenay, Orin ^b   Davies, Clive R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Dir Regional de Salud Huanuco ^*  (Peru)

^d University Town   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MASS SCREENING; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA PERUVIANA; PROTOZOA; VIANNIA;

EID: 12444251035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1486-1493.2003     Document Type: Article

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