specificity of leishmaniasis IHAT in albino rats experimentally infected with toxoplasma gondii and hymenolepis nana

ABSTRACT

The specificity and sensitivity of the indirect haemagglutination test [I.H.A.T.] in the diagnosis of human leishmaniasis have been previously reported. As far as rodent reservoirs are concerned, no data are available about its specificity. In the present paper, it was aimed to study the specificity of this test against two of the common parasites of man and rodents in Egypt, T. gondii and H. nana. It was concluded that the leishmaniasis I.H.A. reactions at dilution up to 132 are not specific when dealing with rodents' sera