Author | Solcà, Manuela da Silva | |
Author | Bastos, Leila Andrade | |
Author | Guedes, C. E. S | |
Author | Gonçalves, Marcelo Bordoni | |
Author | Nascimento, E. G | |
Author | dosSantos, Washington Luis Conrado | |
Author | Oliveira, G. G. S | |
Author | Fraga, Deborah Bittencourt Mothé | |
Author | Veras, Patrícia Sampaio Tavares | |
Access date | 2018-01-30T17:11:46Z | |
Available date | 2018-01-30T17:11:46Z | |
Document date | 2012 | |
Citation | SOLCA, M. S. et al. Using qPCR for diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis and quantification of Leishmania sp in different tissues of naturally infected dogs. In: CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL DE MEDICINA TROPICAL E MALÁRIA, 18 e CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, 48., 2012, Rio de Janeiro. Resumos... Rio de Janeiro: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012. | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/24200 | |
Sponsorship | FAPESB, INCT-CNPq, PDTIS, PST Veras’ grant (CNPq:306672/2008-1). | pt_BR |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Leishmaniose Visceral Canina | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Leishmania | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Animais | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Cães | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Infecção | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Baço | pt_BR |
Title | Using qPCR for diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis and quantification of Leishmania sp in different tissues of naturally infected dogs | pt_BR |
Type | Papers presented at events | pt_BR |
Abstract | Because infected dogs are considered to be the main domestic reservoir for Leishmania infantum
(syn L. chagasi) in Brazil, the diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis must be made both
accurately and promptly. Serologic techniques are very sensitive but present risk of cross-reaction
with other diseases. First, the authors standardized a previously described qPCR protocol,
targeting the kinetoplast DNA of the parasite. Using this protocol, the authors aimed to determine
which tissue confers the most accurate detection of parasite DNA. In a serological surveillance in
the municipality of Jequié, an endemic area in Bahia, Brazil, forty-six dogs were randomly
selected and classified according to the number of clinical signs of canine visceral leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Centro de Referência em Doenças Endemicas Pirajá da Silva Posto Piej. Jequié, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Escola de Medicina Veterinária. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmania | pt_BR |
Subject | Animals | pt_BR |
Subject | Dogs | pt_BR |
Subject | Infection | pt_BR |
Subject | Spleen | pt_BR |