Heat treatment and false-positive heartworm antigen testing in ex vivo parasites and dogs naturally infected by Dirofilaria repens and Angiostrongylus vasorum

BACKGROUND: Heartworm antigen testing is considered sensitive and specific. Currently available tests are reported as detecting a glycoprotein found predominantly in the reproductive tract of the female worm and can reach specificity close to 100%. Main concerns regard sensitivity in the case of lig...

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Autores principales: Venco, Luigi, Manzocchi, Simone, Genchi, Marco, Kramer, Laura H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29143662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2444-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5688472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29143662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2444-6

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