Chagas' disease: Application of TESA-blot in inconclusive sera from a Brazilian blood bank

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-207

  Silveira Lacerda, E P ^a   Silva, A G ^a   Junior, S F ^a   Souza, M A ^a   Kesper, N ^b   Botelho Filho, A ^c   Umezawa, Eufrosina S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO HEMOMINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood bank donors; Chagas' disease; Immunodiagnosis; Inconclusive results; TESA blot; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TESA BLOT ASSAY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 7944224260     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2004.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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