Evaluation of a new Trypanosoma cruzi antibody assay for blood donor screening

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-540

  Gorlin, Jed ^a   Rossmann, Susan ^b   Robertson, Gene ^b   Stallone, Fred ^b   Hirschler, Nora ^b   Nguyen, Kim Anh ^b   Gilcher, Ronald ^b   Fernandes, Helen ^b   Alvey, Stacey ^b   Ajongwen, Patience ^b   Contestable, Paul ^b   Warren, Harold ^b  

^a Memorial Blood Centers of Minnesota   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD DONOR; CROSS REACTION; DONOR SELECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DONOR SELECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 39749186052     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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