A recombinant peptide antigen line immunoassay optimized for the confirmation of Chagas' disease

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 711-717

  Oelemann, W M R ^a   Vanderborght, B O M ^b   Verissimo Da Costa, G C ^b   Teixeira, M G M ^b   Borges Pereira, J ^b   De Castro, J A F ^b   Coura, J R ^b   Stoops, E ^b   Hulstaert, F ^b   Zrein, M ^b   Peralta, J M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032797195     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39070711.x     Document Type: Article

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