Validation of a rapid and reliable test for diagnosis of Chagas' disease by detection of Trypanosoma cruzi-specific antibodies in blood of donors and patients in Central America

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5065-5068

  Ponce, Carlos ^a   Ponce, Elisa ^a   Vinelli, Elizabeth ^b   Montoya, Alberto ^c   De Aguilar, Vilma ^d   Gonzalez, Antonio ^e   Zingales, Bianca ^f   Rangel Aldao, Rafael ^g   Levin, Mariano J ^h   Esfandiari, Javan ⁱ   Umezawa, Eufrosina S ^f   Luquetti, Alejandro O ^j   Da Silveira, José Franco ^k  

^a Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Tuberculosis   (Honduras)

^b Programa Nacional de Sangre Cruz Roja Hondureña   (Honduras)

^c Ministerio de Salud   (Nicaragua)

^d Laboratorio Central   (El Salvador)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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

ⁱ CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^k FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 26944464978     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5065-5068.2005     Document Type: Article

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