Serological survey of canine leptospirosis in the tropics of Yucatan Mexico using two different tests

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-26

  Jimenez Coello, Matilde ^a   Vado Solis, Ignacio ^b   Cárdenas Marrufo, Maria F ^b   Rodríguez Buenfil, Jorge C ^b   Ortega Pacheco, Antonio ^b  

^a CIR Hideyo Noguchi   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canine leptospirosis; Diagnostic tests; Prevalence; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

CANID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNOASSAY; SURVEY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; KAPPA STATISTICS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; ULTRASOUND;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MEXICO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 40849147036     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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