Improving the reference standard for the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis : a challenge for current and future tests

BACKGROUND Studies aimed at validating canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnostic tests present heterogeneous results regarding test accuracy, partly due to divergences in reference standards used and different infection evolution periods in animals. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the accur...

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Main Authors: Teixeira, Ana Izabel Passarella, Silva, Debora Marcolino, Vital, Tamires Emanuele, Nitz, Nadjar, Carvalho, Bruna Caroline Véras de, Hecht, Mariana Machado, Oliveira, Diana, Oliveira, Edward, Rabello, Ana, Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra
Format: Artigo
Language: English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2020
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Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/36256
https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760180452
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1425-926X
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