| Literature DB >> 1475834 |
M V da Silva1, E Dias Camargo, A J Vaz, L Batista.
Abstract
When the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of specific immunoglobulin M class antibodies was applied to paired saliva and serum samples from 40 patients with leptospirosis, positivity was 87.5% and 100%, respectively. No positive result was obtained with any saliva or serum sample from 60 individuals used as controls. These results suggest the alternative use of saliva for diagnosis and for epidemiological studies of human leptospirosis.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1475834 DOI： 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90113-q
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0035-9203 Impact factor: 2.184