Field Application and the Efficiency of Indirect Haemagglutination Test Kit in the Diagnosis of Human Leptospirosis
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Human sera with the history of pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) received from physicians of various hospitals and laboratories in Namakkal of Tamilnadu were screened a developed IHA test kit and the results were compared with that of MAT. Out of a total of 176 sera screened by the developed kit, 95 samples (54.0 per cent) were positive. The sensitivity and specificity of IHA with reference to MAT were found to be 91.2 and 85.9 per cent, respectively, with no significant difference (P>0.05). Hence, the test would be an alternate tool for MAT in the diagnosis of leptospirosis in human and also animal during the active stage of the infection. © 2011 Universal Research Publications. All rights reserved
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