Table 2. Results of laboratory tests for Leishmania infection in dogs collected from the streets of an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil.

LABORATORY	TEST AND RESULTS				NUMBER (%)
CATEGORY	CULTURE1	ELISA	LST2	PCR3
Positive:					196	(95.1)
	P	P	P	P	8	(3.9)
	P	P	NT	P	12	(5.8)
	P	P	P	NT	1	(0.5)
	P	P	N	N	3	(1.5)
	P	P	N	NT	3	(1.5)
	P	P	NT	NT	3	(1.5)
	P	N	N	P	2	(1.0)
	P	P	N	P	44	(21.4)
	P	GZ	N	P	1	(0.5)
	P	N	NT	P	2	(1.0)
	P	GZ	NT	P	1	(0.5)
	P	GZ	NT	NT	1	(0.5)
	N	P	N	N	11	(5.3)
	N	P	N	ND	1	(0.5)
	N	P	NT	N	2	(1.0)
	N	P	P	N	2	(1.0)
	N	P	P	P	3	(1.5)
	N	P	N	P	41	(19.9)
	N	P	NT	P	21	(10.2)
	N	P	NT	NT	6	(2.9)
	N	N	P	P	2	(1.0)
	N	GZ	P	P	1	(0.5)
	N	N	N	P	18	(8.7)
	N	GZ	N	P	1	(0.5)
	N	N	NT	P	6	(2.9)
Negative:					4	(1.9)
	N	N	N	N	4	(1.9)
Undefined:					3	(1.5)
	N	N	NT	N	1	(0.5)
	N	N	NT	NT	2	(1.0)
TOTAL (%)					206	(100)
Positive4	81/206(39)	161/206(78)	17/146(12)	166/189(88)	199/203	(98)

¹Culture of spleen aspirate;

²leishmanin skin test;

³PCR of spleen aspirate;

⁴The denominator varies according with the number of animals subjected to the test. N = negative test; P = positive test; GZ = dubious test result; NT = not tested.