Leishmaniasis, dogs - USA (04)
Jaclamothe at aol.com
Jaclamothe at aol.com
Tue May 2 14:30:37 BRT 2000
Dans un courrier daté du 02/05/00 17:44:09é Pari9 Madrid,
immgcpa at microbio.ufrj.br a écrit :
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> An ELISA, using K39 as the diagnostic antigen, is available for the
> diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis.
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> References: >>
+The interpretation of negative dogs using serological assay (recombinant
antigen , or others ) is very difficult.
PCR technique has a better accuracy to evaluate the dogs than serology. There
are two studies in endemic area.
Reale S. et al Detection of leishmania infantum in dogs by pcr with lymph
node aspirates and blood. 1999 Journal of clinical microbiology 1999 37 9
2931-2935
Roura X. Sanchez A. Ferrer L. Diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis by a
polymerase chain reaction technique 1999 Veterinary record 144 262-264
In this last paper about 46 dogs with CanL, (diagnosis by direct observation
of the parasite in bone marrow or in skin biopsies) 42 dogs are positive with
serology (91%) and 45 are positive using a pcr technique on bone marrow
Jacques Lamothe, DV
Clinique veterinaire
1, rond-point de la Roya.
06510 Carros.
France
33 (0) 4 93 29 06 95
jaclamothe at aol. com
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