Non-conventional flow cytometry approaches to detect anti-Trypanosoma cruzi immunoglobulin G in the clinical laboratory

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 102-112

  Vitelli Avelar, Danielle Marquete ^a   Sathler Avelar, Renato ^a,b   Wendling, Ana Paula Barbosa ^a   Rocha, Roberta Dias Rodrigues ^a   Teixeira Carvalho, Andréa ^a   Martins, Natália Évelin ^a   Dias, João Carlos Pinto ^a   Rassi, Anis ^c   Luquetti, Alejandro Ostemayer ^c   Elói Santos, Silvana Maria ^b   Martins Filho, Olindo Assis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; FC AFEA; FC ALTA; Flow cytometry; Serology; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33845894145     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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