Comparison of seven diagnostic tests to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in patients in chronic phase of Chagas disease;Comparación de siete pruebas diagnósticas para detectar infección por Trypanosoma cruzi en pacientes en fase crónica de la enfermedad de Chagas

Colombia Medica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 61-66

  Duarte, Luisa Fernanda ^a   Flórez, Oscar ^a   Rincón, Giovanna ^a   González, Clara Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Colombia; Diagnosis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Polymerase chain reaction; Recombinant proteins; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903949728     PISSN: 01208322     EISSN: 16579534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25100/cm.v45i2.1381     Document Type: Article

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