Detecting Leishmania in dogs: A hierarchical-modeling approach to investigate the performance of parasitological and qPCR-based diagnostic procedures
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011011
Abstract: Background 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, and… read more here.
Keywords: qpcr; leishmania dogs; hierarchical modeling; diagnostic procedures ... See more keywords