Detecting Leishmania in dogs: A hierarchical-modeling approach to investigate the performance of parasitological and qPCR-based diagnostic procedures.

Detecting Leishmania in dogs: A hierarchical-modeling approach to investigate the performance of parasitological and qPCR-based diagnostic procedures.

<h4>Background</h4>Domestic dogs are primary reservoir hosts of Leishmania infantum, the agent of visceral leishmaniasis. Detecting dog infections is central to epidemiological inference, disease prevention, and veterinary practice. Error-free diagnostic procedures, however, are lacking,...

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Main Authors: Tamires Vital, Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira, Débora Marcolino Silva, Bruna Caroline de Carvalho, Bruno Dallago, Luciana Hagström, Mariana Machado Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Fernando Abad-Franch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011011

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