Utility of diagnostic tests used in diagnosis of infection in dogs experimentally inoculated with a North American isolate of Leishmania infantum infantum

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 802-809

  Rosypal, A C ^a   Troy, G C ^a   Duncan, R B ^a   Zajac, A M ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Experimental; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Polymerase chain reaction; rK39

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 20444370020     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[802:UODTUI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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