Qualitative and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of Leishmania in spleen samples from naturally infected dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 133-140

  Solcà, Manuela da Silva ^a   Guedes, Carlos Eduardo Sampaio ^a   Nascimento, Eliane Gomes ^b   Oliveira, Geraldo Gileno de Sá ^a   Santos, Washington Luis Conrado dos ^a   Fraga, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé ^a,c   Veras, Patrícia Sampaio Tavares ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b PIEJ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine; Diagnostic method; Leishmania; PCR; Spleen

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84855933649     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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