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

Mohammadiha, A; Haghighi, A; Mohebali, M; Mahdian, R; Abadi, A R; Zarei, Z; Yeganeh, F; Kazemi, B; Taghipour, N; Akhoundi, B; Barati, M; Mahmoudi, M R

Mohammadiha, A; Haghighi, A; Mohebali, M; Mahdian, R; Abadi, A R; Zarei, Z; Yeganeh, F; Kazemi, B; Taghipour, N; Akhoundi, B; Barati, M; Mahmoudi, M R.

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Mohammadiha A; Department of Medical Parasitology & Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Vet Parasitol ; 192(1-3): 83-90, 2013 Feb 18.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23153824

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Agglutination Tests/veterinary; Dog Diseases/diagnosis; Leishmania infantum/isolation & purification; Leishmaniasis, Visceral/veterinary; Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology; Antigens, Protozoan/immunology; Asymptomatic Diseases; Bone Marrow/parasitology; DNA, Kinetoplast/blood; DNA, Kinetoplast/genetics; DNA, Protozoan/blood; DNA, Protozoan/genetics; Dog Diseases/immunology; Dog Diseases/parasitology; Dogs; Iran/epidemiology; Leishmania infantum/genetics; Leishmania infantum/immunology; Leishmaniasis, Visceral/diagnosis; Leishmaniasis, Visceral/immunology; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 2_ODS3 / 3_ND Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Agglutination Tests / Polymerase Chain Reaction / Leishmania infantum / Dog Diseases / Leishmaniasis, Visceral Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Aspects: Ethics Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Vet Parasitol Year: 2013 Document type: Article

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