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. 2011 May 9;4:69. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-69

Table 2.

Sensitivities of different methods used in the detection of canine infection with Leishmania in Jiuzhaigou

ELISA (%) Dipstick (%) PCR (%) Total (%)
Symptomatic dogs (6) 5 (83.3) 3 (50) 6 (100) 6 (100)
Asymptomatic dogs (100) 34 (34) 7 (7) 49 (49) 57 (57)
Total (106) 39 10 55 63
% 36.79% 9.43% 51.88% 59.43%
Sensitivity* 61.90% 15.87% 87.30% -

*: Sensitivities were calculated as the number of positive cases of one method against total number of positive cases by at least one method.