eVALUACIÓN De DoS eNSAYoS De eLISA IgM eN LA INVeSTIgACIÓN De UN BRoTe De LePToSPIRoSIS

Was assessed two rapid tests for serodiagnosis of acute leptospirosis, the ELISA IgM pool (Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima), compared with a commercial ELISA IgM (PANBIO) against the gold standard microagglutination test (MAT). We examined 24 patients admitted to a hospital for investigation of a leptospirosis outbreak. It took two samples of serum, the first when they were hospitalized and