Performance of commercially available serological diagnostic tests to detect Leishmania infantum infection on experimentally infected dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 363-366

  Rodríguez Cortés, Alhelí ^a   Ojeda, Ana ^a   Todolí, Felicitat ^a   Alberola, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GOLD STANDARD; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84870903014     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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