Y. SuputtamongkolS. SarawishS. SilpasakornU. PothaK. SilpapojakulP. NaigowitMahidol UniversityPrince of Songkla UniversityNational Institutes of Health, Bethesda2018-07-042018-07-041998-01-01Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Vol.92, No.7 (1998), 797-801000349832-s2.0-0032323953https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18422Sera from 82 cases of leptospirosis (confirmed by micro-agglutination tests or IFAT) and 108 patients with other diseases were investigated using the microcapsule agglutination test (MCAT) for leptospirosis. The overall sensitivity (90.2%), specificity (96.3%), positive predictive value (94.9%), negative predictive value (92.9%), and accuracy of the MCAT (93.7%) were encouraging. MCAT is simple, can be performed by unskilled personnel with minimum laboratory facilities, and produces results in 3 h. MCAT would be a reliable serodiagnostic test for rapidly screening individuals for leptospirosis, in various geographical areas of Thailand.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineMicrocapsule agglutination test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis in ThailandArticleSCOPUS10.1080/00034983.1998.11813342