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Canine leishmaniasis in Algeria: true prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics in groups of dogs of different functional type.
Adel, Amel; Saegerman, Claude; Speybroeck, Niko et al.
2010In Veterinary Parasitology, 172 (3-4), p. 204-13
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Keywords :
Agglutination Tests/veterinary; Algeria/epidemiology; Animals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dog Diseases/diagnosis/epidemiology; Dogs; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect/veterinary; Leishmaniasis/diagnosis/epidemiology/veterinary; Sensitivity and Specificity; Seroepidemiologic Studies
Abstract :
[en] A Bayesian approach was used to assess the prevalence of Canine leishmaniasis and evaluate three serological diagnostic tests: indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), direct agglutination test, and particle gel immuno-assay (PaGIA) for Canine leishmaniasis (CL) in Algiers. Four hundred and sixty-two dogs were involved in this study and divided in four groups according to their functional type: stray dogs, farm dogs, national guard dogs and pet dogs. The stray dog group showed the highest prevalence of leishmaniasis (11.7%), followed by the national guard dogs (9.7%) and the farm dogs (5.9%). IFAT was shown to be the most sensitive test in all groups. However, IFAT specificity was considerably lowered in the farm dog group: 65.2% versus 94.5% for the stray dogs. A considerable drop in PaGIA specificity was noted in the stray dogs group. The results of the current study demonstrate the variability of test characteristics in different situations and underline the danger of using standard values, without verifying their appropriateness for the specific purposes.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Adel, Amel
Saegerman, Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Epidémiologie et analyse des risques appl. aux sc. vétér.
Speybroeck, Niko
Praet, Nicolas
Victor, Bjorn
De Deken, Redgi
Soukehal, Abdelkrim
Berkvens, Dirk
Language :
English
Title :
Canine leishmaniasis in Algeria: true prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics in groups of dogs of different functional type.
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Veterinary Parasitology
ISSN :
0304-4017
eISSN :
1873-2550
Publisher :
Elsevier, Netherlands
Volume :
172
Issue :
3-4
Pages :
204-13
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
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