International multicenter evaluation of the clinical utility of a dipstick assay for detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies in human serum specimens.

HL, Smits; YV, Ananyina; A, Chereshsky; L, Dancel; RF, Lai-A-Fat; HD, Chee; PN, Levett; T, Masuzawa; Y, Yanagihara; MA, Muthusethupathi; EJ, Sanders; DM, Sasaki; H, Domen; C, Yersin; T, Aye; SL, Bragg; GC, Gussenhoven; MG, Goris; WJ, Terpstra; RA, Hartskeerl

doi:10.1128/jcm.37.9.2904-2909.1999

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International multicenter evaluation of the clinical utility of a dipstick assay for detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies in human serum specimens.

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Smits HL

Ananyina YV

Chereshsky A

Abstract

We performed a multicenter evaluation of a robust and easily performed dipstick assay for the serodiagnosis of human leptospirosis. The assay is aimed at the detection of Leptospira-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies. The study involved 2,665 serum samples collected from 2,057 patients with ...

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