Principles: The Rapide - Leishmania Ab Test Kit is a chromatographic immunoassay for the qualitative detection of Leishmania infantum antibodies in canine whole blood, serum, or plasma.

Test performance: In a study using 123 samples, Rapide - Leishmania Ab Test kit was compared to Immunofluorescent Antibody Test (IFA), a reference standard technique in laboratory diagnostics; the sensitivity was 95.6% and specificity was 98%.