Evaluation of a prototype Trypanosoma cruzi antibody assay with recombinant antigens on a fully automated chemiluminescence analyzer for blood donor screening

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1737-1744

  Chang, Chi Deu ^b   Cheng, Kevin Y ^b   Jiang, Lily X ^b   Salbilla, Vince A ^b   Haller, Alla S ^b   Yem, Alex W ^b   Bryant, Jane D ^b   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^b   Leiby, David A ^b   Schochetman, Gerald ^b   Shah, Dinesh O ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33748919687     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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