How to Improve the Early Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection: Relationship between Validated Conventional Diagnosis and Quantitative DNA Amplification in Congenitally Infected Children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Bua, Jacqueline ^a   Volta, Bibiana J ^a   Perrone, Alina E ^a   Scollo, Karenina ^a   Velázquez, Elsa B ^a   Ruiz, Andres M ^a   De Rissio, Ana M ^a   Cardoni, Rita L ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROLOGY;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84887301274     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002476     Document Type: Article

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