Comparison of the Serion IgM ELISA and Microscopic Agglutination Test for diagnosis of Leptospira spp. infections in sera from different geographical origins and estimation of Leptospira seroprevalence in the Wiwa indigenous population from Colombia.

• Main Authors: Anou Dreyfus (Author), Marie-Thérèse Ruf (Author), Marga Goris (Author), Sven Poppert (Author), Anne Mayer-Scholl (Author), Nadine Loosli (Author), Nadja S Bier (Author), Daniel H Paris (Author), Tshokey Tshokey (Author), John Stenos (Author), Eliharintsoa Rajaonarimirana (Author), Gustavo Concha (Author), Jorge Orozco (Author), Johana Colorado (Author), Andrés Aristizábal (Author), Juan C Dib (Author), Simone Kann (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leptospirosis is among the most important zoonotic diseases in (sub-)tropical countries. The research objective was to evaluate the accuracy of the Serion IgM ELISA EST125M against the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT = imperfect reference test); to assess its ability to diagnose acute leptospiro...