Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Antibodies against Leishmania cross-react with Crithidia luciliae: indirect immunofluorescence and Dot-ELISA study in dogs.
- Journal:
- Parasitology research
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Martinkovic, Franjo & Marinculic, Albert
- Affiliation:
- Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Leismaniasis is zoonotic parasitic disease distributed in many areas of Mediterranean basin. Because of its pathogenicity and difficulty to grow in vitro, we used Leishmania infantum as primary and Crithidia luciliae as secondary source of antigen. We compared 100 canine sera by indirect immunofluorescence and Dot-ELISA. Both atigens showed same results.
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