Bucci A, Puccini V, Casaglia O, Colella G
Parassitologia. 1975 Jan-Dec;17(1-3):25-37.
The authors value the sensibility and the advantage of the different serological tests for the diagnosis of canine leishmaniasis (immunodiffusion, complement fixation and immunofluorescent tests) and give the results obtained from an epizoological survey carried out on dogs in the province of Foggia (Italy). The immunofluorescent test, whose positivity sera titre has fixed at the diluition of 1:10, resulted the most appropriate. In more than 400 animals examined, all from the 50 communes of the province of Foggia, the infection level of the dog by leishmania resulted to be 7.42%. If the three geographical zones, in which the province has been subdivided, are considered, this level varies from 10.21% for the subjects from the Gargano promontory, to 6.89% for those of the Subapennine Dauno, and to 5.55% for those of the Apulia plateau.
作者评估了不同血清学检测方法（免疫扩散、补体结合和免疫荧光检测）在犬利什曼病诊断中的敏感性和优势，并给出了在意大利福贾省对犬进行的一项流行病学调查结果。免疫荧光检测中，阳性血清效价固定在1:10稀释度时，结果最为合适。在对福贾省50个市镇的400多只动物进行检测后发现，犬类利什曼原虫感染率为7.42%。如果考虑该省划分的三个地理区域，感染率有所不同，加尔加诺半岛地区的动物感染率为10.21%，亚平宁山脉道诺地区为6.89%，普利亚高原地区为5.55%。
