Direct agglutination test
Topic: Medicine
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| Direct agglutination test | |
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| Medical diagnostics | |
| Purpose | test that uses whole organisms to find serum antibodies. |
A direct agglutination test (DAT) is any test that uses whole organisms as a means of looking for serum antibodies. The abbreviation, DAT, is most frequently used for the serological test for visceral leishmaniasis.[1]
References
- ↑ Sundar S; Singh RK; Maurya R et al. (2006). "Serological diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis: direct agglutination test versus rK39 strip test". Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100 (6): 533–7. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.08.018. PMID 16325874.
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