title: On the specificity of the indirect haemagglutination in diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis.
abstract: Human sera were collected from parasitologically proven cases of filariasis, strongyloidiasis, hymenolepiasis and ascariasis. Antibodies against these parasites cross react in the indirect haemagglutination for the antileishmanial antibodies at dilution up to 1:128. The diagnostic titer should be raised to 256 in order to increase the specificity of the test in areas where such parasites occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Morsy
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Younis
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Arafa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000276:immunology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan