Evaluation of a rapid diagnosis test for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in serum sample;Evaluación de una prueba rápida para el diagnóstico de la infección por Trypanosoma cruzi en suero

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 63, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 29-33

  Lorca, Myriam ^a,b   Contreras, María del Carmen ^a   Salinas, Patricia ^a   Guerra, Alicia ^a   Raychaudhuri, Syamal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Laboratorio Campvs   (Chile)

^c Inbios International Seattle Wa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Rapid diagnostic test; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 70349172296     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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