Dog-DAT: a direct agglutination test using stabilized, freeze-dried antigen for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis
Articles > Article · 1996
Authors: L OSKAM, RJ SLAPPENDEL, EGM BEIJER, NCM KROON, CW VANINGEN, S OZENSOY, Yusuf ÖZBEL, WJ TERPSTRA
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 1996, vol 16, pp 235-239
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1996.tb00141.x
Summary
We have evaluated the use of an improved direct agglutination test (DAT) based on stable, freeze-dried antigen for the detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in canine serum samples. With a cut-off value of 1:640, the sensitivity of the DAT was shown to be 100% and the specificity of the test was 98.8%.