Stability of Freeze-Dried Sera Stored at Different Temperatures for the Detection of Anti-Leishmania infantum Antibodies Using Direct Agglutination Test.

• Main Authors: Zahra Kakooei (Author), Mehdi Mohebali (Author), Behnaz Akhoundi (Author), Abbas Rahimi Foroshani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to evaluate freeze-dried sera as an alternative to non-freeze dried for detection of anti-Leishmania infantum antibodies over the course of 11 months using the direct agglutination test (DAT).Altogether, 60 serum samples (30 from humans and 30 from dogs) were collected from various...