Canine visceral leishmaniasis: A comparative study of real-time PCR, conventional PCR, and direct agglutination on sera for the detection of Leishmania infantum infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Mohammadiha, A ^a   Haghighi, A ^a   Mohebali, M ^b   Mahdian, R ^c   Abadi, A R ^a   Zarei, Z ^b   Yeganeh, F ^a   Kazemi, B ^a,d   Taghipour, N ^a   Akhoundi, B ^b   Barati, M ^b   Mahmoudi, M R ^a,e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; Conventional PCR; Direct agglutination test; Iran; Real time PCR; Serum

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIBODY; KINETOPLAST DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; DOG DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BONE MARROW; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871688093     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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