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. 2002 Jul;40(7):2352–2356. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2352-2356.2002

TABLE 1.

Comparative diagnosis of L. infantum in dog blood

ELISA/PCR result	No. of samples with result
	Negative controls^a (n = 40)		Positive controls^a (RAPYD+ [n = 10])	Field samples (n = 175)
	RAPYD+	RAPYD−	Positive controls^a (RAPYD+ [n = 10])	RAPYD+	RAPYD−
ELISA+/PCR+			8	30	8
ELISA−/PCR+				6	3
ELISA+/PCR−			2	17	10
ELISA−/PCR−	10	30		39	62

^a

PCRs of positive and negative Marajó controls were carried out with sera, not buffy coat.