Field evaluation of four novel enzyme immunoassays for Chagas' disease in Venezuela blood banks: Comparison of assays using fixed-epimastigotes, fixed-trypomastigotes or trypomastigote excreted-secreted antigens from two Trypanosoma cruzi strains

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-431

  Berrizbeitia, M ^a,b   Ndao, M ^a   Bubis, J ^c   Gottschalk, M ^b   Ache A ^d   Lacouture, S ^b   Medina, M ^d   Ward, B J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d Ministerio de Salud Y Desarrollo Social   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Serological diagnosis; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote secreted excreted antigens

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; TRYPOMASTIGOTE EXCRETORY SECRETORY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIMASTIGOTE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33751383443     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2006.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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