Serological evidence of leishmania donovani infection in apparently healthy dogs using direct agglutination test (DAT) and rk39 Dipstick tests in Kafta Humera, north-west Ethiopia

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Kalayou, S ^a,b   Tadelle, H ^a   Bsrat, A ^a   Abebe, N ^a   Haileselassie, M ^c   Schallig, H D F H ^d  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Science and Technology Agency   (Ethiopia)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Dogs; Kafta Humera; Leishmania detect rapid test; Leishmania donovani; Northern Ethiopia; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ETHIOPIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 79955014343     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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