There is an urgent need for development of new serodiagnostic strategies for leptospirosis,
an emerging zoonosis with worldwide distribution. We have evaluated the diagnostic utility …

ABSTRACT A newly developed latex agglutination assay for the detection of genus-specific
Leptospira antibodies in human sera was evaluated. The assay is performed by mixing, on …

We performed a multicenter evaluation of a robust and easily performed dipstick assay for
the serodiagnosis of human leptospirosis. The assay is aimed at the detection of Leptospira …

Leptospirosis is recognized as an emerging zoonotic disease generally affecting urban
slums in developing countries and tropical regions. A combination of non-specific symptoms …

Leptospirosis is caused by pathogenic bacteria called leptospires that are transmitted
directly or indirectly from animals to humans. It occurs worldwide but is most common in …

Rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis, through culture and/or serology, can be difficult without
proper expertise and is often delayed because of the length of time required to obtain …

Leptospirosis is a febrile zoonosis of worldwide distribution. A latex agglutination assay was
evaluated in two studies, the first using a panel of well-characterized sera from patients with …

Four rapid tests for the serologic diagnosis of leptospirosis were evaluated, and the
performance of each was compared with that of the current standard, the microscopic …

Definitive diagnosis of leptospirosis has traditionally depended upon the isolation of
leptospires from clinical specimens or the demonstration of seroconversion in paired acute …

Leptospirosis is a common and underdiagnosed zoonosis. Two rapid assays for serological
diagnosis of acute leptospirosis in diagnostic laboratories, the immunoglobulin M (IgM) …