Diagnosis of Leptospirosis: Comparison between Microscopic Agglutination Test, IgM-ELISA and IgM Rapid Immunochromatography Test.

Diagnosis of Leptospirosis: Comparison between Microscopic Agglutination Test, IgM-ELISA and IgM Rapid Immunochromatography Test.

<h4>Background</h4>Leptospirosis is diagnosed on clinical grounds, and confirmed by microscopic agglutination test (MAT). IgM-ELISA (Serion-Virion) and immunochromatography test (Leptocheck-WB) are two immunodiagnostic assays for leptospirosis. Their sensitivity, specificity and applicab...

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Main Authors: Roshan Niloofa, Narmada Fernando, Nipun Lakshitha de Silva, Lilani Karunanayake, Hasith Wickramasinghe, Nandana Dikmadugoda, Gayani Premawansa, Rajitha Wickramasinghe, H Janaka de Silva, Sunil Premawansa, Senaka Rajapakse, Shiroma Handunnetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129236

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