visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala-azar is considered as a parasitic disease caused by the species of leishmania donovani complex which is intracellular parasites. this systemic disease is endemic in some parts of provinc-es of iran. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of vl in qom province, central iran using di-rect agglutination test (dat).overall, 1564 serum samples (...

The ability of a rapid, latex agglutination test to diagnose rubella infection and to measure immune status was evaluated by comparison with the hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and the neutralization (NT) test. The latex agglutination test accurately detected serological conversions in 74 pairs of sera representing 21 natural infections and 53 ...