Evaluation of the Western blot in the confirmatory serologic diagnosis of Chagas' disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 750-756

  Reiche, Edna Maria Vissoci ^a   Cavazzana Jr , Manzélio ^b   Okamura, Hélio ^b   Tagata, Elaine Cristina ^b   Jankevicius, Shiduca Itow ^b   Jankevicius, José Vitor ^b  

^a Campus Universitário ^*  (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031727521     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.750     Document Type: Article

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