Serodiagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Using the New Particle Gel Immunoassay - ID-PaGIA Chagas

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-82

  Rabello, Ana ^a   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^b   Moreira, Eliana F ^c   Gadelha, Maria De Fátima ^d   Dos Santos, José Alisson ^e   De Melo, Laércio ^e   Schwind, Peter ^f  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UFGO Universidade Federal University de Goiás   (Brazil)

^c Hemocentro de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^d FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^e DiaMed Brasil   (Brazil)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Immunodiagnosis; Serological tests particle gel immunoassay

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0032619566     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000100016     Document Type: Article

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