TY - JOUR AU - Dassanayake, Dinesh LB AU - Wimalaratna, Harith AU - Agampodi, Suneth B. AU - Liyanapathirana, Veranja C. AU - Piyarathna, Thibbotumunuwe ACL AU - Goonapienuwala, Bimba L. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/04/22 TI - Evaluation of surveillance case definition in the diagnosis of leptospirosis, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test: a validation study JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 48 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Leptospirosis is endemic in both urban and rural areas of Sri Lanka and there had been many out breaks in the recent past. This study was aimed at validating the leptospirosis surveillance case definition, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-48 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-9-48 ID - Dassanayake2009 ER -