Comparison of conventional serology and PCR methods for the routine diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-315

  Gilbet, Soraia Reda ^a,b   Alban, Silvana Maria ^a   Gobor, Luiza ^c   De Oliveira Bescrovaine, Jessica ^c   Myiazaki, Márcia Iurico ^a   Thomaz Soccol, Vanete ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Setor de Imunologia   (Brazil)

^c POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Inconclusive diagnosis; Routine diagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PARASITE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880018677     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0046-2013     Document Type: Article

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