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The mixed passive hemagglutination (MPHA) test was used for the first time in an attempt to diagnose human pulmonary dirofilariasis in a comparison with the results of ELISA. Eight of nine patients tested with the MPHA test were positive and one was false-positive; these results coincided exactly with those of ELISA. Qualitative agreement between the MPHA test and ELISA was 90.4% of 374 human sera. The present study indicates that the MPHA test seems to be a promising diagnostic tool for human pulmonary dirofilariasis.
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Ohnishi, Y., Yoshimura, H., Ohyama, T. et al. An attempt of immunodiagnosis by means of mixed passive hemagglutination (MPHA) test for human pulmonary dirofilariasis. Parasitol Res 74, 277–280 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539578
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