False-positive results of a rapid K39-based strip test and Chagas disease

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-185

  Neto, Vicente Amato ^a   Amato, Valdir Sabbaga ^a   Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^a   Gakiya, Érika ^a   de Marchi, Claudia Regina ^a   de Souza, Regina Maia ^a   Furucho, Célia Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Chagas disease; Immunoassay; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TEST STRIP; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60949088927     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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