Evaluation of a synthetic tripeptide as antigen for detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in serum samples from patients with Chagas disease or viral diseases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 603-606

  Betonico G N ^a   Miranda, E O ^a   Silva, D A O ^a   Houghton, R ^b   Reed, S G ^b,c   Campos Neto, A ^c,d   Mineo, J R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Faculdade de Medicina de Itajuba   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chagas disease; Serodiagnosis; Synthetic tripeptide; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VIRUS INFECTION;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033385133     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90064-0     Document Type: Article

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