Desenvolvimento de um método diagnóstico para a leishmaniose tegumentar americana com base em Western blot de frações antigênicas de Leishmania braziliensis

Brito, Maria Edileuza Felinto de

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“…Brito (1999), in Pernambuco, using samples from humans, compared the sensitivity and specificity of IIF and ELISA tests with Western blot containing significant antigen of L.braziliensis . 27 IIF and ELISA techniques presented a sensitivity of 51.7% and 62.1%, and specificity of 78.6% and 71.4%, respectively. In this case it was not observed difference between the methods.…”

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Diagnostic methods to cutaneous leishmaniasis detection in domestic dogs and cats

Trevisan

Lonardoni

Demarchi

2015

An. Bras. Dermatol.

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by different species of Leishmania. In domestic animals such as dogs and cats, the diagnostic consists of clinical, epidemiological and serological tests, which changes among countries all around the world. Because of this diversity in the methods selected, we propose this systematic literature review to identify the methods of laboratory diagnosis used to detect cutaneous leishmaniasis in domestic dogs and cats in the Americas. Articles published in the last 5 years were searched in PubMed, ISI Web of Science, LILACS and Scielo, and we selected 10 papers about cutaneous leishmaniasis in dogs and cats in the Americas. In Brazil, often the indirect immunofluorescence and enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) have been applied. Other countries like United States and Mexico have been using antigenic fractions for antibodies detections by Western blot. ELISA and Western blot showed a higher sensitivity and efficacy in the detection of leishmaniasis. Analysis of sensibility and specificity of the methods was rarely used. Although confirmatory to leishmaniasis, direct methods for parasites detection and polymerase chain reaction showed low positivity in disease detection. We suggested that more than one method should be used for the detection of feline and canine leishmaniasis. Serological methods such as Western blot and enzyme immunoassay have a high efficacy in the diagnosis of this disease.

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