Diagnostic Techniques To Detect Cryptic Leishmaniasis in Dogs

AUTOR(ES)

Iniesta, Laura

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

This study of several techniques for detecting cryptic leishmaniasis in dogs from areas in Spain where Leishmania infantum is highly endemic concludes that immunological techniques (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence antibody test, Western blotting, delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction, and in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay) do not clearly differentiate between noninfected and infected asymptomatic dogs and that culture and PCR are more reliable diagnostic tools.

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