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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...
Autores principales: | Venco, Luigi, Manzocchi, Simone, Genchi, Marco, Kramer, Laura H. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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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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