Effect of Demographics and Time to Sample Processing on the qPCR Detection of Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. from Human Samples in the National Reference Laboratory for Leptospirosis, Brazil

Effect of Demographics and Time to Sample Processing on the qPCR Detection of Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. from Human Samples in the National Reference Laboratory for Leptospirosis, Brazil

Leptospirosis diagnosis by MAT requires antibody levels that are typically present only after the first week of symptoms, many days after infection. To improve testing capacity and to develop a fast and reliable solution for the diagnosis of this disease in the first few days after clinical manifest...

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Main Authors: Romulo Leão Silva Neris, Mariana Cristina da Silva, Mariana da Silva Batista, Keila de Cássia Ferreira de Almeida Silva, Ilana Teruszkin Balassiano, Kátia Eliane Santos Avelar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
leptospirosis
human samples
qPCR
diagnostics
DNA extraction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/3/151

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