Development and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of Leishmania infantum in canine leishmaniasis based on cysteine protease B genes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 78-84

  Chaouch, Melek ^a   Mhadhbi, Moez ^b   Adams, Emily R ^c   Schoone, Gerard J ^c   Limam, Sassi ^b   Gharbi, Zyneb ^b   Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz ^b   Guizani, Ikram ^a   BenAbderrazak, Souha ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cpb; Diagnosis; Dog; LAMP; Leishmania infantum; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTEINE PROTEASE B GENE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA GERBILII; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIA TURANICA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CPB; DIAGNOSIS; DOG; LAMP; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885470713     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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