Analytical Performance of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Using TaqMan Probes for Quantification of Trypanosoma cruzi Satellite DNA in Blood Samples

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Duffy, Tomas ^a   Cura, Carolina I ^a   Ramirez, Juan C ^a   Abate, Teresa ^b   Cayo, Nelly M ^c   Parrado, Rudy ^d   Bello, Zoraida Diaz ^b   Velazquez, Elsa ^e   Muñoz Calderon, Arturo ^b   Juiz, Natalia A ^a   Basile, Joaquín ^a   Garcia, Lineth ^d   Riarte, Adelina ^e   Nasser, Julio R ^f   Ocampo, Susana B ^c   Yadon, Zaida E ^g   Torrico, Faustino ^d   de Noya, Belkisyole Alarcón ^b   Ribeiro, Isabela ^h   Schijman, Alejandro G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^e Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^h Drugs and Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NIFURTIMOX; SATELLITE DNA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINETOPLASTIDA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84873511254     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002000     Document Type: Article

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