Abstract:INTRODUCTION: Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test is performed by the physicians to screen patients for syphilis and is still the most commonly used test all over the world for screening. Three basic methods has been described in screening for syphilis. These include direct observation of the T. pallidum by dark field microscopy, and nontreponemal and treponemal serologic antibody studies. Nonspecific (non tremonemal) tests like Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test use lipoidal antige… Show more
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