01137nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002400059653003000083653001100113653001200124653002500136653001900161100001500180700001800195700001600213700001400229700002000243245007800263300001100341490000700352050003200359520046600391022001400857       1993                            d  c1993 Apr-Jun10aAgglutination Tests10aBlood Specimen Collection10aHumans10aleprosy10aMycobacterium leprae10aReagent Strips1 aBhatia V N1 aChakraborty S1 aMukherjee B1 aPanda S N1 aChakraborty T K00aApplication of filter paper method for collection of blood for MLPA test.  a207-100 v65  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>The results of MLPA test using serum and filter paper eluate have been compared in this paper. Testing 64 patient samples at 1:32 dilution, 31 were negative by both serum and eluate, 20 were positive by both, six were positive only by serum and one was positive only eluate. In six other cases eluate gave equivocal results while serum result was clearly positive. Some eluates negative at 1:32 dilution gave weak positive agglutination at 1:16 dilution.</p>  a0254-9395