Comparison between latex and microscopic agglutination test for detection of human leptospiral antibodies

Submitted: 13 November 2015
Accepted: 18 February 2016
Published: 30 September 2016
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Leptospirosis, notably Weil's syndrome, is an often severe, acute febrile illness caused by microorganisms of the genus Leptospira. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the basic method for the sero-diagnosis of leptospirosis, as the test has a high sensitivity and can be used for classification, but has some disadvantages. Therefore, we have explored latex agglutination test (LAT) for use as a practical and rapid for sero-diagnosis of human leptospirosis and compared the applicability of commercial tests MAT and LAT in the detection of specific antibodies against Leptospira interrogans in human.

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This research was funded by Research Council of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

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Sakhaee, E., Golchin, M., & Davoodian, Z. (2016). Comparison between latex and microscopic agglutination test for detection of human leptospiral antibodies. Italian Journal of Medicine, 10(3), 219–222. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2016.673

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