Cypress Diagnostics Serological Assay
MAJ Jeffrey Ryan
ryanj at wrsmtp-ccmail.army.mil
Mon Nov 3 12:07:20 BRST 1997
Was wondering if anyone out there is using or has used or evaluated
the commercially available, genus-specific serological assay
(catalogue # HP005) for Leishmaniasis from Cypress Diagnostics. If
so, please tell me how well it works. The company claims it is 98.8%
sensitive and 99.2% specific for L. donovani, L. major, L. mexicana &
L. braziliensis antibodies in human serum. I have not found anything
in the literature to back up these claims and the company has been
very vague as to what "inactive antigen" the assay is based on.
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