Abstract

NAVARRO AGUIRRE, Lelys; GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, Olga L; SANCHEZ ALVAREZ, Ma. de Lourdes  and  RODRIGUEZ GARCIA, Osmel. Comparison of techniques for the serodiagnosis of human leptospirosis. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2004, vol.23, n.1, pp. 19-22. ISSN 1561-3011.

786 matched sera from patients with clinical suspicion with epidemiolopgical evidence of leptospirosis or without it were studied by the hemagglutination (HA) and microagglutination (MAT) techniques as a reference technique (gold standard) aimed at comparing the results obtained by both serologic tests. It was observed that 386 sera (46.8 %) tested positive only by MAT, which showed a highly signficant difference between the 2 techniques used. It was determined a lower sensitivity of the hemoagglutination test (HA) that proved to be specific

Keywords : SEROLOGIC TESTS; LEPTOSPIROSIS [diagnosis]; HEMAGGLUTINATION.