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

<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,...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Tamires Vital, Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira, Débora Marcolino Silva, Bruna Caroline de Carvalho, Bruno Dallago, Luciana Hagström, Mariana Machado Hecht, Nadjar Nitz, Fernando Abad-Franch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011011