An inexpensive antigen for serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-113

  Briceño, Luis ^a   Rodríguez, Eva Mary ^a   Medina, Mehudy ^b   Campos, Yelitza ^a   Mosca, Walter ^a   Briceño, Amanda ^c   León, Graciela ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Ministerio de Salud Y Desarrollo Social   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Municipal Blood Bank   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antigen; Chagas'disease; Diagnostic; Inexpensive

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGY; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77953238644     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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