Correlation between ELISA and ML Flow assays applied to 60 Brazilian patients affected by leprosy

Serological tests can be helpful in classifying leprosy patients as having either the paucibacillary or the multibacillary form. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance between two serological assays, i.e. ML Flow and ELISA, in a population of leprosy patients in Brazil. The investigat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2010-08, Vol.104 (8), p.546-550
Hauptverfasser:	Da Silva, Rozana C., Lyon, Sandra, Lyon, Ana C., Grossi, Maria A.F., Lyon, Silvia H., Bührer-Sékula, Samira, Antunes, Carlos M.F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Absorbance Adolescent Antigens, Bacterial - immunology Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Brazil - epidemiology Chromatography - methods ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - methods Female General aspects Glycolipids - immunology Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunoglobulin M - analysis Infectious diseases Leprosy Leprosy - diagnosis Leprosy - epidemiology Leprosy - immunology Male Medical sciences ML Flow Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium leprae - immunology PGL-1 antigen Serological assays Tropical bacterial diseases Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Young Adult
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