New trends in the rapid serodiagnosis of leptospirosis
ZbL Bakt. Hyg. A 257,502 (1984)
Immunological Diagnosis of Leptospirosis Abstract
M. MAILLOUX Centre National de Reference des Leptospires, Institut...
M. MAILLOUX Centre National de Reference des Leptospires, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
The different techniques may be divided into three groups: 1) Screening test: Macroscopic test, Hemagglutination test, CF test ... 2) ELISA technique: a) screening test with a single antigen, or b) specific test with the antigens corresponding to all the serogroups. 3) Confirmatory test: MAT For the results, two types of errors are to be avoided: - error by minimization, - error by exaggeration.