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Reverse-Transcriptase PCR Detection of Leptospira: Absence of Agreement with Single-Specimen Microscopic Agglutination Testing

BACKGROUND: Reference diagnostic tests for leptospirosis include nucleic acid amplification tests, bacterial culture, and microscopic agglutination testing (MAT) of acute and convalescent serum. However, clinical laboratories often do not receive paired specimens. In the current study, we tested ser...

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Autores principales: Waggoner, Jesse J., Balassiano, Ilana, Mohamed-Hadley, Alisha, Vital-Brazil, Juliana Magalhães, Sahoo, Malaya K., Pinsky, Benjamin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132988

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