Evaluation of recombinant antigens for serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease in South and Central America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1554-1560

  Umezawa, Eufrosina S ^a   Bastos, Sueli F ^a   Camargo, Mario E ^a   Yamauchi, Luci M ^b   Santos, Márcia R ^b   Gonzalez, Antonio ^c   Zingales, Bianca ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^d   Sousa, Octavio ^f   Rangel Aldao, Rafael ^e   Franco Da Silveira, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^f Universidad Simon Bolivar ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IODINE 125; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIMASTIGOTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032894405     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1554-1560.1999     Document Type: Article

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