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. 2015 Nov-Dec;90(6):868–872. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153716

Table 3.

Characteristics of articles included in the review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in domestic cats

Study Country Animals (n) Leishmania species Sample / Diagnostic Test Test reactivity
Figueiredo, et al 200919 Brazil 43 L. braziliensis Lesion material/Histological Negative
        Blood/IIF*** Non-reagent 2.4%
        ELISA**  
           
Trainoret al 201024 USA 8 L. mexicana amazonensis Lesion material/Histological Negative
        PCR* 62.5% (5)
*

PCR: polymerase chain reaction;

**

ELISA: enzyme immunoassay;

***

IIF: indirect immunofluorescence.