Leptospirosis is one of the zoonotic diseases caused by different serovars of the species Leptospira interrogans.  The source of infection in humans is usually either direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected animals.  In this study, 400 human blood samples collected from tribal areas of Farsan and Koohrang cities in West Centeral Iran.  The serum samples were analyzed employing Mic...

Fifty sera collected from 12 different species of free-living game animals in game parks in the Northern Natal were tested against 8 Leptospira interrogans antigens using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Six out of 50 animals had titres, all less than 100. Three of these animals had titres to serovar mini, 1 animal to tarrasovi, and 3 animals had multi-serovar reactions, 1 to mini and ...

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. This disease affects several animals and humans. Symptoms leptospirosis can range from mild to severe, may in some cases lead death. For diagnosis leptospirosis, microscopic agglutination test considered “gold standard”; however, it has limitations studies are being conducted develop alternative methods screening...

Microscopic Agglutination Test is the standard test employed in centres for confirming the cause of the disease (Levett, 2001; WHO, 2003). This test requires a panel of locally prevalent live leptospires which has to be maintained for routine procedures. The procedure is very laborious, time consuming and may cause cross infections in laboratories (WHO, 2003; Cumberland, 1999), following which ...

leptospirosis is one of the zoonotic diseases caused by different serovars of the species leptospira interrogans .  the source of infection in humans is usually either direct or indirect contact with the urine of infected animals.  in this study, 400 human blood samples collected from tribal areas of farsan and koohrang cities in west centeral iran.  the serum samples were analyzed employing mi...

The mycobacterial agglutination-inhibition test (MAIT) is described as a modification of the mycobacterial agglutination of Schaefer (MATS). It is an organized assemblage of absorption and agglutination tests which is especially useful in the identification of Mycobacterium avium isolates normally excluded from serological identification because of unstable cell suspension characteristics. The ...