Canine leishmaniasis in Algeria: True prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics in groups of dogs of different functional type

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 204-213

  Adel, Amel ^a,b,c   Saegerman, Claude ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^c   Praet, Nicolas ^c   Victor, Bjorn ^c   De Deken, Redgi ^c   Soukehal, Abdelkrim ^d   Berkvens, Dirk ^c  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Applied to Veterinary Sciences ^*  (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Beni Messous Algiers   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; Bayesian analysis; Canine leishmaniasis; Leishmania infantum; Prevalence; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 77956010624     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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