Evaluating the accuracy of molecular diagnostic testing for canine visceral leishmaniasis using latent class analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Solcà, Manuela Da Silva ^a   Bastos, Leila Andrade ^a   Guedes, Carlos Eduardo Sampaio ^a   Bordoni, Marcelo ^a   Borja, Lairton Souza ^a   Larangeira, Daniela Farias ^a,b   Da Silva Estrela Tuy, Pétala Gardênia ^b   Amorim, Leila Denise Alves Ferreira ^b   Nascimento, Eliane Gomes ^c   Oliveira, Geraldo Gileno De Sá ^a,d   Dos Santos, Washington Luis Conrado ^a   Fraga, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé ^a,b,d   Veras, Patrícia Sampaio Tavares ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Referência em Doenças Endêmicas Pirajá da Silva PIEJ SESAB   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Doenças Tropicais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; DOG; DOG DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904973390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103635     Document Type: Article

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