Performance of Leishmania PFR1 recombinant antigen in serological diagnosis of asymptomatic canine leishmaniosis by ELISA.
Darién LedesmaEduardo BerriatuaM Carmen ThomasLuis Jesús BernalMaría OrtuñoCelia BenitezAdriana EguiKostas PapasouliotisBryn TennantJulia ChambersJuan José InfanteManuel Carlos LópezPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2017)
The ability shown by the PFR1 ELISA to detect infected dogs that go undetected by the crude antigen ELISAs is clinically and epidemiologically useful and PFR1 could be considered a candidate for a multi-antigen-based immunoassay for early detection of L. infantum infected dogs.