Serological diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi: Evaluation of three enzyme immunoassays and an indirect immunofluorescent assay

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Malan, Annette K ^a   Avelar, Erick ^b   Litwin, Sheldon E ^b   Hill, Harry R ^a,b   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 32044459343     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46149-0     Document Type: Article

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