Short Report: Early diagnosis of congenital trypanosoma cruzi infection, using shed acute phase antigen, in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-59

  Mallimaci, Maria Cristina ^a   Sosa Estani, Sergio ^b,c   Russomando, Graciela ^d   Sanchez, Zunilda ^d   Sijvarger, Carina ^a   Alvarez, Isabel Marcela ^a   Barrionuevo, Lola ^a   Lopez, Carlos ^a   Sugura, Elsa Leonor ^e  

^a Hospital Regional Ushuaia Gobernador Ernesto Campos   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Asuncion   (Paraguay)

^e Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIDASE; TRANS SIALIDASE; TRANS-SIALIDASE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ARGENTINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAMINIDASE; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 74049125245     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0219     Document Type: Article

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