Short report: Polymerase chain reaction for chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection yields higher sensitivity in blood clot than buffy coat or whole blood specimens

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 768-770

  Fitzwater, Sean ^b   Calderon, Maritza ^c   LaFuente, Carlos ^d   Galdos Cardenas, Gerson ^b   Ferrufino, Lisbeth ^d   Verastegui, Manuela ^c   Gilman, Robert H ^b   Bern, Caryn ^a,e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Hospital Universitario Japonés   (Bolivia)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINICIRCLE DNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINETOPLAST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 55849112284     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.768     Document Type: Article

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