background and objectives: leptospirosis is considered to be the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world and can infect a wide range of animals. although the prevalence of clinical leptospirosis in cats is low, they are probably exposed to leptospires excreted by wild life, rodents etc. this study was performed to determine the serologic reaction of cats to leptospires and their importanc...

background: visceral leishmaniasis is systematic serous parasitic disease with pub­lic health importance. zoonotic form of visceral leishmaniasis is wide spread in mediterranean basin and south america regions. direct agglutination test (dat) is an accurate, reliable and non-expensive serological test for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in human and canines but the antigen preparation i...

trichomoniasis is a worldwide infection and due to its complications rapid and accurate diagnosis of infection especially in pregnant women is very important. in this study, development of a latex agglutination test using native antigens for rapid diagnosis of trichomoniasis is investigated. trichomonas vaginalis was harvested from tyis33 culture medium and anti trichomonas vaginalis antiserum ...

background: leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis causedby leptospira interrogans. leptospirosis results in decreasedmilk production, abortion, stillbirth, infertility and mortality,which causes financial loss in the cattle industry. objectives:the aim of this research was to perform a serological andbacteriological study of leptospirosis in 6 industrial dairy herdsand 3 feedlots with previous ...

background: this study is performed to reveal most common species and subspecies of leptospires that are main causes of hu­man leptospirosis in guilan, northern province of iran. methods: we performed igm-elisa and mat on 282 blood samples from patients who attended to 3 hospitals in the flat area of guilan province with clinical symptoms consisted with leptospirosis.  all specimens with titers...

background leptospirosis is a systemic infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria belonging to the species of leptospira, it is considered to be the most common zoonosis in the world. this is a serious and sometimes fatal infection which is transmitted from animals to humans by entering the digestive tract or mucosal membrane. within the initial 10-12 day period, the patient may experienc...

Applicability and sensitivity of the commercial tests MAT (modified agglutination test), LAT (latex agglutination test), in comparison to in-house serologic assay (ELISA), and reference test (indirect fluorescence antibody test, IFAT) to detect specific antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in pigs were investigated. One hundred and six blood samples were examined. The most specific test, as com...