Use of an immunochromatographic dipstick test for rapid detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in sera from animal reservoir hosts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3005-3007

  Cardinal, Marta V ^a   Reithinger, Richard ^b,c   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST SELECTION; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC DIPSTICK TEST; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33747166776     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00552-06     Document Type: Article

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