| Literature DB >> 3362832 |
Y Ohnishi1, H Yoshimura, T Ohyama, M Tokairin, M Nagakura.
Abstract
The mixed passive hemagglutination (MPHA) test was used for the first time in an attempt to diagnose human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a comparison with the results of ELISA. Eight of nine patients tested with the MPHA test were positive and one was false-positive; these results coincided exactly with those of ELISA. Qualitative agreement between the MPHA test and ELISA was 90.4% of 374 human sera. The present study indicates that the MPHA test seems to be a promising diagnostic tool for human pulmonary dirofilariasis.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3362832 DOI: 10.1007/bf00539578
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Res ISSN: 0932-0113 Impact factor: 2.289