The Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) has a high diagnostic accuracy but  subjective interpretation of results leads to the potential for inter-reader variation. This study reports on an assessment of inter-laboratory agreement and proposes a pictorial-based approach to standardize reading of the DAT.

This article, originally published on PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, is available online here.

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DAT  leishmaniasis  

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