Evaluation of adult chronic Chagas' heart disease diagnosis by molecular and serological methods

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3945-3951

  Ramírez, Juan David ^a   Guhl, Felipe ^a   Umezawa, Eufrosina Setsu ^b   Morillo, Carlos A ^c   Rosas, Fernando ^d   Marin Neto, Jose A ^b   Restrepo, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Clínica Abood Shaio   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 71549117272     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01601-09     Document Type: Article

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