Rapid detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs: A comparative study using fast agglutination screening test (FAST) and direct agglutination test (DAT) in Iran

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 717-720

  Babakhan, Leila ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Akhoundi, Behnaz ^a   Edrissian, Gholam Hossein ^a   Keshavarz, Hessein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; FAST AGGLUTINATION SCREENING TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349236011     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1456-3     Document Type: Article

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