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

• Main Authors: Tamires Vital (Author), Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira (Author), Débora Marcolino Silva (Author), Bruna Caroline de Carvalho (Author), Bruno Dallago (Author), Luciana Hagström (Author), Mariana Machado Hecht (Author), Nadjar Nitz (Author), Fernando Abad-Franch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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,...