Usefulness of serologic analysis as a predictor of the infecting serovar in patients with severe leptospirosis.

The diagnosis of leptospirosis is often made using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT), in which live antigens representing >20 serogroups undergo reaction with patient serum samples to detect agglutinating antibodies. Data derived from this assay are often used to infer the identity of the inf... View More