Geographie variation in the sensitivity of recombinant antigen-based rapid tests for chronic trypanosoma cruzi infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-415

  Verani, Jennifer R ^a,b   Seitz, Amy ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Lafuente, Carlos ^a   Galdos Cardenas, Gerson ^a   Kawai, Vivian ^a   De Lafuente, Elizabeth ^a   Ferrufino, Lisbeth ^a   Bowman, Natalie M ^a   Pinedo Cancino, Viviana ^a   Levy, Michael Z ^a   Steurer, Francis ^a   Todd, Charles W ^a   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^a   Cabrera, Lilia ^a   Verastegui, Manuela ^a   Bern, Caryn ^a  

^a MS F 22 ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOLIVIA; CHILD; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; TIME;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949222879     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.410     Document Type: Article

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