Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in untreated chronic chagasic patients is improved by using three parasitological methods simultaneously

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2224-2226

  Zulantay, Inés ^a   Apt, Werner ^a   Valencia, Claudio ^b   Torres, Alberto ^c   Saavedra, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez, Jorge ^a   Sandoval, Lea ^a   Martínez, Gabriela ^a   Thieme, Patricio ^a   Sepúlveda, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Hospital de Salamanca   (Chile)

^c Municipalidad de Combarbalá ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; PCR; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 80052909622     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr313     Document Type: Article

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