Epidemiological Investigation of Canine Leishmaniasis in Southern Morocco

Table 3

Seroprevalence of canine leishmaniasis infection in southern Morocco: comparison of commercial and homemade ELISA and western blot tests.

Localities	Dogs clinically suspected (%)	Seropositive dogs (%)
		ELISA		Western blot
		Homemade kit	IDVET kit	Homemade kit	LDBIO kit
Landfill site	1/10 (10)	70 (7/10)	(5/10) 50	80 (8/10)	80 (8/10)
Ghmate	1/13 (7.7)	92.3 (12/13)	(7/13) 53.8	92.3 (12/13)	100 (13/13)
Ourika	2/10 (20)	80 (8/10)	(2/10) 20	60 (6/10)	80 (8/10)
Total	4/33 (12.1)	81.8 (27/33)	42.4 (14/33)	78.8 (26/33)	87.8 (29/33)
95% confidence interval	[0.97; 23.2]	[68.6; 94.9]	[25.5; 59.2]	[64.8; 92.7]	[82.1; 93.5]