Neonatal screening for congenital Chagas infection: Application of latent class analysis for diagnostic test evaluation;Triagem neonatal para infecção chagásica congênita: Aplicação de análise de classe latente para avaliação dos testes diagnósticos

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 615-620

  De Andrade, André Queiroz ^a,b   Gontijo, Eliane Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo de Ações e Pesquisa em Apoio Diagnóstico ^*

Author keywords

Congenital Chagas disease; Laboratory techniques and procedures; Latent class analysis; Neonatal screening; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 59349109471     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000600012     Document Type: Article

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