WHO comparative evaluation of serologic assays for Chagas disease

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1076-1082

  Sabino, Ester C ^a   Otani, Marcia M ^b   Vinelli, Elizabeth ^b   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^b   Del Pozo, Ana ^b   Sands, Anita ^b   Vercauteren, Gaby ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 66549098398     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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