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Evaluation of the direct agglutination test (DAT) using freeze-dried antigen for the detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in stored sera from various patient groups in Ethiopia

✍ L. Oskam; J.L. Nieuwenhuijs; A. Hailu 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 370 KB

Tests on a panel of 42 1 serum samples from Ethiopia and 11 from Europe with the direct agglutination test (DAT) and freeze-dried antigen (Leishmania donovani 1 S) showed that a cut-off titre of 1:200 or 1:400 could be employed. Using a cut-off tiue of 1:400, 18 1 (883%) of 205 serum samples from vi