ELISA versus PCR for diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brasil, Pedro E A A ^a,b   De Castro, Liane ^a   Hasslocher Moreno, Alejandro M ^a   Sangenis, Luiz H C ^a   Braga, José U ^b,c  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK;

CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649332070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-337     Document Type: Article

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