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Serological tests aim at detecting anti-Leishmania antibodies (usually in peripheral-blood or serum samples), parasitological tests aim at detecting Leishmania parasites (in, e_g, bone-marrow, lymphnode or spleen aspirates), and PCR-based molecular tests aim at detecting Leishmania DNA (in blood or in tissue aspirates as above or using non-invasive samples such as conjunctival eyeswabs). Veterinary doctors, for example, have to rely on imperfect diagnostic tools to make clinical decisions-e_g, whether to treat, when to stop treatment, or, in some settings, whether to euthanize positive dogs (e_g,; see also ). Although the . . .
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