| Literature DB >> 20534801 |
Richard Reithinger1, Mario J Grijalva, Rosa F Chiriboga, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Jaime R Torres, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Marta V Cardinal, Ricardo E Gürtler.
Abstract
We evaluated a commercially available immunochromatographic dipstick test to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in 366 human serum samples with known serological results from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and Venezuela. One hundred forty-nine of 366 (40.7%) and 171/366 (46.7%) samples tested positive by dipstick and serology, respectively. Dipstick sensitivity was calculated to be 84.8% (range between countries, 77.5 to 95%), and specificity was 97.9% (95.9 to 100%).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20534801 PMCID: PMC2916568 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02474-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948