Comparison of polymerase chain reaction methods for reliable and easy detection of congenital Trypanosoma cruzi infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 574-582

  Virreira, Myrna ^a   Torrico, Faustino ^b   Truyens, Carine ^a   Alonso Vega, Cristina ^b   Solano, Marco ^b   Carlier, Yves ^a   Svoboda, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; PRIMER DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETUS BLOOD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0038131757     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.574     Document Type: Article

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