Evaluation of the EIE-IgM-Leptospirose assay for the serodiagnosis of leptospirosis.

Abstract:

:Access to low-cost, effective diagnosis for leptospirosis is urgently needed in developing countries. The EIE-IgM-Leptospirose, a kit produced for public health laboratories in Brazil, was shown to have a sensitivity of 76% (77 of 102 patients) and 100% (102 of 102 patients) during acute and convalescent-phase leptospirosis, respectively, and a specificity of 93-100% (total healthy and patient control subjects evaluated, 486). These findings indicate that the assay will be useful for diagnosis of this emerging infectious disease in Brazil and other developing countries.

journal_name

Acta Trop

journal_title

Acta tropica

authors

McBride AJ,Pereira FA,da Silva ED,de Matos RB,da Silva ED,Ferreira AG,Reis MG,Ko AI

doi

10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.05.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-06-01 00:00:00

pages

206-11

issue

3

eissn

0001-706X

issn

1873-6254

pii

S0001-706X(07)00121-0

journal_volume

102

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