Correlation of two quantitative techniques: CIVTEST® CANIS LEISHMANIA and immunofluorescence antibody test in canine serum samples
WAVLD Congress (World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians), 2019
Good quantitative correlation was obtained between the median of Rz values and IFAT categories until IFAT titre of 1/1280 (R = 0.8, p 0.001). At higher IFAT values correlation disappears (p=0.33). The ANOVA analysis of these groups shows that there are significant differences in the values of Rz as a function of the IFAT category (P = 0.001).
The aim of the present study is to correlate the values of the commercial ELISA CIVTEST® CANIS LEISHMANIA with the IFAT technique in order to obtain a quantitative interpretation of the values obtained with ELISA.
Good quantitative correlation was obtained between the median of Rz values and IFAT categories until IFAT titre of 1/1280 (R = 0.8, p <0.001). At higher IFAT values correlation disappears (p=0.33). The ANOVA analysis of these groups shows that there are significant differences in the values of Rz as a function of the IFAT category (P = <0.001).