Publication: Short report: The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand
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2009-10-01
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00029637
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.81, No.4 (2009), 695-697
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Lee D. Smythe, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Surapee Tiengrim, Michael F. Dohnt, Meegan L. Symonds, Andrew T. Slack, Apichat Apiwattanaporn, Sunee Chueasuwanchai, Nicholas P. Day, Sharon J. Peacock Short report: The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Vol.81, No.4 (2009), 695-697. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0252 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/27652
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Short report: The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is an unreliable predictor of infecting Leptospira serovar in Thailand
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A prospective study in Thailand identified 106 patients with culture-proven leptospirosis. The accuracy of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) in predicting the infecting serovar was evaluated in 78/106 (74%) patients with a diagnostic titer. MAT correctly determined the infecting serovar in 26 cases (33%), indicating that this assay is a poor predictor of infecting serovar in our setting. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.