01367nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002400059653003200083653002600115653001100141653002100152653002100173653001200194653001900206653002500225653003000250100001400280700001600294700001500310245007800325300001100403490000700414050003200421520061000453022001401063       1994                            d  c1994 Jul-Sep10aAgglutination Tests10aAntibodies, Anticardiolipin10aAntibodies, Bacterial10aHumans10aImmunoglobulin G10aImmunoglobulin M10aleprosy10aMass Screening10aMycobacterium leprae10aPredictive Value of Tests1 aThawani G1 aMukherjee A1 aBhatia V N00aEvaluation of modified lepro-agglutination as screening test for leprosy.  a315-200 v66  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>One hundred thirty-three leprosy sera (83 multibacillary (MB) and 50 paucibacillary (PB) cases) were screened by lepro-agglutination (LA) and M.leprae particle agglutination (MLPA) tests. Larger number of MB sera were positive by LA (86.75%) than by MLPA (45.12%) test. Thirty-seven of the 45 MB sera negative by MLPA test were positive by LA test. The reverse was true in three out of 11 MB sera. PB sera showed positivity of 16% in LA test and 24% in MLPA test. All the 55 sera from normal healthy individuals and 18 VDRL positive sera from syphilis patients were found to be negative by LA test.</p>  a0254-9395