Evaluation of the Abbott ARCHITECT Chagas prototype assay

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-81

  Praast, Gerald ^a   Herzogenrath, Jörg ^a   Bernhardt, Stephanie ^a   Christ, Heike ^a   Sickinger, Eva ^a  

^a ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chagas IgG; Recombinant antigens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78649917186     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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