| Literature DB >> 17020793 |
Carlos Rodrigo Zarate-Blades1, Nelly Bladés, Marilda Savoia Nascimento, José Franco da Silveira, Eufrosina Setsu Umezawa.
Abstract
The diagnostic performance of Trypanosoma cruzi excreted-secreted antigen (TESA)-based and conventional tests for Chagas' disease was evaluated in a field study with 742 sera from a population in an endemic area in the Department of Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Of the 742 samples, 329 (44.34 %) were positive in the TESA blot assay, which diagnosed 9 Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals missed by conventional serologic tests.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17020793 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.08.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803