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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>As our institute is producing the freeze-dried DAT antigen, I am most willing to participate in syuch a round table.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Henk D.F.H. Schallig, PhD<br>Research coordinator Parasitology<br>...............................................................................</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>KIT Biomedical Research<br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>T +31 (0)20 5665447<br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>Royal Tropical Institute</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> | </span><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>We think. We share. We act.</span></i><span lang=EN-US> <br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Meibergdreef 39 <br>1105 AZ Amsterdam<br>The Netherlands<br>F +31 (0)20 6971841<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.kit.nl/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>www.kit.nl</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.kit.nl/Leptospira-Library" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>New! Visit KIT's Leptospira Library</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br [mailto:leish-l-bounces@lineu.icb.usp.br] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paulo Paes de Andrade<br><b>Sent:</b> woensdag 13 februari 2013 13:15<br><b>To:</b> Filipe Dantas Torres<br><b>Cc:</b> Leish-L<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leish-l] hot spots<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>In spite of all recent development on diagnosis, I think human serodiagnosis in hospitals is still a challenge. DAT was suggested by WHO as the test of choice because of its high sensitivity and specificity, and possibly also because of its low costs. But it has some drawbacks. It would be very interesting to have Abdallah El Harith (DAT) and other scientists dedicated to this question participating in a round table focused on the practical use of their tests for human diagnosis in hospitals.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Paulo Andrade<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>--<br><i>This email was sent by icb.usp.br </i> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>