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Laboratory Diagnosis of Leptospirosis

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Leptospira spp.

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The diagnosis of leptospirosis depends on specific laboratory tests because nonspecific and diverse clinical manifestations make clinical diagnosis difficult and it is easily confused with other infectious diseases in the tropics. Suitable laboratory diagnostic tests vary depending on the stage of the disease, requiring the combination of diagnostic tests using appropriate specimens at each disease stage.

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The writing of this review was supported by the Research Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (19fk0108049j1903) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).

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Koizumi, N. (2020). Laboratory Diagnosis of Leptospirosis. In: Koizumi, N., Picardeau, M. (eds) Leptospira spp.. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2134. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0459-5_25

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