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. 2012 Feb 21;54(9):1249–1255. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis035

Table 2.

Retrospective Diagnosis of Probable Cases of Leptospirosis Using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction From 2008 Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka

Availability (n) Results n %
Whole blood and serum (192) Both positive 12 6.2
Serum positive 24 12.5
Whole blood positive 2 1.0
Not detected 154 80.2
Whole blood only (170) Positive 13 7.6
Not detected 157 92.4
Serum only (19) Positive 7 36.8
Not detected 12 63.2
Total (381) Positive 58 15.2
Not detected 323 84.8