Diagnostic performance of tests based on Trypanosoma cruzi excreted-secreted antigens in an endemic area for Chagas' disease in Bolivia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Zarate Blades, Carlos Rodrigo ^a,c   Bladés, Nelly ^a   Nascimento, Marilda Savoia ^b   da Silveira, José Franco ^c   Umezawa, Eufrosina Setsu ^b  

^a Sucre   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American trypanosomiasis; Chagas' disease; Serodiagnosis; TESA blot; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33846379929     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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