Author | Santiago, Marta de Almeida | |
Author | Ribeiro, Flávia Coelho | |
Author | Confort, Eliame Mouta | |
Author | Nascimento, Lílian Dias | |
Author | Schubach, Armando de Oliveira | |
Author | Madeira, Maria de Fátima | |
Author | Bertho, Álvaro Luiz | |
Access date | 2019-04-18T17:27:23Z | |
Available date | 2019-04-18T17:27:23Z | |
Document date | 2008 | |
Citation | SANTIAGO, Marta de Almeida et al. Differentiation between canine cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis by the detection of immunoglobulin G specific for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi antigens using flow cytometry. Veterinary Parasitology, v. 154, p. 341-346, 2008. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0304-4017 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32617 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Citometria de fluxo | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Leishmania | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Leishmaniose canina | pt_BR |
Title | Differentiation between canine cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis by the detection of immunoglobulin G specific for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi antigens using flow cytometry | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.009 | |
Abstract | Flow cytometry employing Leishmania (L.) chagasi (Lc) and L. (Viannia) braziliensis (Lb) antigen was used to establish the differential diagnosis between visceral (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in dogs. Flow cytometry permitted the detection of Leishmania-specific immunoglobulin G in sera from 19 dogs: nine with CL and 10 with VL. A significant difference in the percentage of positive staining was observed in sera from dogs with CL between the homologous antigen (69% for Lb) and the heterologous antigen (42% for Lc). However, this difference was not significant in sera from dogs with VL (61% for Lb and 73% for Lc). No significant staining was observed in control sera (0.6% for Lb and 0.4% for Lc) consisting of samples from healthy dogs, or in the group with sporotrichosis (1.8% for Lb and 1.5% for Lc), a differential diagnosis of CL. The results suggest that flow cytometry might be useful for the differentiation between CL and VL in dogs, with practical applications in areas where the two infections overlap. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiológicos. Laboratório de Tecnologia Diagnóstica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Centro de Referência em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Centro de Referência em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Centro de Referência em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Centro de Referência em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Centro de Referência em Leishmanioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Flow Cytometry | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmania | pt_BR |
Subject | Canine leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | IgG | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1873-2550 | |