Chagas' disease diagnosis: A multicentric evaluation of Chagas Stat-Pak, a rapid immunochromatographic assay with recombinant proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Luquetti, Alejandro O ^a   Ponce, Carlos ^b   Ponce, Elisa ^b   Esfandiari, Javan ^c   Schijman, Alejandro ^d   Revollo, Susana ^e   Añez, Nestor ^f   Zingales, Bianca ^g   Ramgel Aldao, Rafael ^h   Gonzalez, Antonio ⁱ   Levin, Mariano J ^d   Umezawa, Eufrosina S ^g   Da Silveira, José Franco ^j  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Tuberculosis   (Honduras)

^c CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

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

^e Inst Servicios Lab Diagnostico I   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041424818     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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