Comparison of serological assays for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis in animals presenting different clinical manifestations

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 235-241

  Ferreira, Eduardo de Castro ^a,b   de Lana, Marta ^a   Carneiro, Mariângela ^c   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^a   Paes, Daniela Vieira ^b   Silva, Eduardo Sérgio da ^d   Schallig, Henk ^e   Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dogs; Serological assays; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34247548321     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abranches P., Silva Pereira M.C., Conceição-Silva F.M., Santos Gomes G.M., and Janz J.G. Canine leishmaniosis: pathological and ecological factors influencing transmission of infection. J. Parasitol. 77 (1991) 557-561
2. Adler S., and Theodor O. Investigation on Mediterranean Kala-azar. VI Canine visceral leishmaniasis. Proc. Royal Soc. 110 (1932) 402-412
3. Alvar J., Molina R., San Andres M., Tesouro M., Nieto J., Vitutia M., Gonzales F., San Andres M.D., Boggio J., and Rodriguez F. Canine leishmaniosis: clinical, parasitological and entomological follow up after chemotherapy. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 88 (1994) 371-378
4. Alvar J., Canavate C., Molina R., Moreno J., and Nieto J. Canine leishmaniasis. Adv. Parasitol. 57 (2004) 1-87
5. Andrade C.R., Silva O.A., Andrade P.P., Kolk A.H.J., and Harith A.E. A direct agglutination test discriminative toward Chagas disease for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: preliminary results. Ann. Inst. Pasteur/Immunol. 138 (1987) 457-459
6. Badaró R., Reed S.G., Barral A., Orge G., and Jones T.C. Evaluation of micro enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for antibodies in American visceral leishmaniasis: antigen selection for detection of infection specific responses. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 35 (1986) 72-78
7. Boelaert M., El Safi S., Jacquet D., Muynck A., Stuyft P.V., and Ray D. Operational validation of the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60 (1999) 126-134
8. Boelaert M., Rijal S., Regmi S., Singh R., Karki B., Jacquet D., Chappuis F., Campino L., Desjeux P., Le Ray D., Koirala S., and Van der Stuyft P. A comparative study of the effectiveness of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 70 (2004) 72-77
9. Cortada V.M., Doval M.E., Souza Lima M.A., Oshiro E.T., Meneses C.R., Abreu-Silva A.L., Cupolilo E., Souza C.S., Cardoso F.O., Zaverucha do Valle T., Brazil R.P., Calabarese K.S., and Gonçalves da Costa S.C. Canine visceral leishmaniosis in Anastacio, Mato Grosso do Sul State. Brazil. Vet. Res. Commun. 28 (2004) 365-374
10. Cortes S., Rolão N., Ramada J., and Campino L. PCR as a rapid and sensitive tool in the diagnosis of human and canine leishmaniasis using Leishmania donovani. L. Specific kinetoplastid primers. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 98 (2004) 12-17
11. Costa C.A., Genaro O., Lana M., Magalhães P.A., Dias M., and Michalick M.S.M. Leishmaniose visceral canina: avaliação da metodologia sorológica utilizada em inquéritos epidemiológicos. Rev. Soc. Bras. Méd. Trop. 24 (1991) 21-25
12. Dye C., Vidor E., and Dereure J. Serological diagnosis of leishmaniasis: on detecting infection as well as disease. Epidemiol. Infect. 103 (1993) 647-656
13. El Safi S.H., and Evans D.A. A comparison of the direct agglutination test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the sero-diagnosis in the Sudan. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 83 (1989) 334-337
14. Ertabaklar H., Toz S.O., Ozkan A.T., Rastgeldi S., Balcioglu I.C., and Ozbel Y. Serological and entomological survey in a zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis focus of North Central Anatolia, Turkey: corum province. Acta Trop. 93 (2005) 239-246
15. Evans T.G., Vasconcelos I.A., Lima J.W., Teixeira J.M., McAullife I.T., Lopes U.G., Pearson R.D., and Vasconcelos A.W. Canine visceral leishmaniasis in northeast Brazil: assessment of sero-diagnostic methods. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 42 (1990) 118-123
16. Gontijo C.M.F., and Melo M.N. Leishmaniose visceral no Brasil: quadro atual, desafios e perspectivas. Rev. Bras. Epidemiol. 7 (2004) 338-349
17. Harith A.E., Kolk A.H.J., Kager P.A., Leeuwenburg J., Faber F.J., Muigai R., Kiugu S., and Laarman J.J. Evaluation of a newly developed direct agglutination test (DAT) for sero-diagnosis and sero-epidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis: comparison with IFAT and ELISA. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 81 (1987) 603-606
18. Lachaud L., Chabbert E., Dubessay P., Dereure J., Lamothe J., Dedet J.P., and Bastien P. Value of two PCR methods for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis and the detection of asymptomatic carriers. Parasitology 125 (2002) 197-207
19. Mancianti F., and Meciani N. Specific sero-diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis by indirect immunofluorescence, indirect hemaglutination, and couterimmunoelectrophoresis. Am. J. Vet. Res. 49 (1988) 1409-1411
20. Mancianti F., Pedonese F., and Poli A. Evaluation of dot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dot-ELISA) for the sero-diagnosis of canine leishmaniosis as compared with indirect immunofluorescence assay. Vet. Parasitol. 65 (1996) 1-9
21. Marzochi M.C.A., and Marzochi K.B.F. Leishmanioses em áreas urbanas. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 30 (1997) 162-165
22. Molina R., Amela C., Nieto J., San Andres M., Gonzales F., Castillo J.A., Lucientes J., and Alvar J. Infectivity of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum to colonized Phlebotomus perniciosus. Trans. Royal Soc. Med. Hyg. 88 (1994) 491-493
23. Oskam L., Slappendel R.J., Beijer E.G.M., Kroon N.C.M., Van Ingen C.W., Ozensoy S., Özbel Y., and Terpstra W.J. Dog-DAT: direct agglutination test using stabilized, freeze-dried antigen for sero-diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 16 (1996) 235-239
24. Rami M., Atarhouch T., Sabri M., Cadi Soussi M., Benazzou T., and Dakkak A. Canine leishmaniasis in the Rif mountains (Moroccan Mediterranean coast): a seroepidemiological survey. Parasite 10 (2003) 79-85
25. Reed S.G. Diagnosis of leishmaniasis. Clin. Dermatol. 14 (1996) 471-478
26. Roffi J., Dedet J.P., Desjeux P., and Garré M.T. Detection of circulating antibodies in cutaneous leishmaniasis by enzyme-linked immunossorbent assay (ELISA). Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 29 (1980) 183-189
27. Rosário E.Y., Genaro O., França-Silva J.C., Costa R.T., Mayrink W., Reis A.B., and Carneiro M. Evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using crude Leishmania and recombinant antigens as a diagnostic marker for canine visceral leishmaniasis. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 100 (2005) 197-203
28. Schallig H.D.F.H., Schoone G.J., Beijer E.G.M., Kroom C.C.M., Hommers M., Özbel Y., Özensoy S., Silva E.S., Cardoso L.M., and Silva E.D. Development of a fast agglutination screening test (FAST) for the detection of anti leishmania antibodies in dogs. Vet. Parasitol. 109 (2002) 1-8
29. Silva, E.S., Gontijo, C.M.F., Pacheco, R.S., Fiuza, V.O.P., Brazil, R.P., 2001. Visceral leishmaniasis in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 96, 285-291.
30. Silva E.S., Meide W.F., Schoone G.J., Gontijo C.M., Schallig H.D., and Brazil R.P. Diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis in the endemic area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil by parasite, antibody and DNA detection assays. Vet. Res. Commun. 30 (2006) 637-643
31. Sundar S., and Rai M. Laboratory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 9 (2002) 951-958