Serological diagnosis of Chagas disease: Evaluation and characterisation of a low cost antigen with high sensitivity and specificity

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 914-917

  Campos, Yelitza ^a   Briceño, Luis ^a   Reina, Kate ^a   Figarella, Katherine ^b   Pérez, José Luis ^a   Mosca, Walter ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antigens; Chagas disease; Diagnose; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 70350276549     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000600016     Document Type: Article

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