Diagnostic performance of tests based on Trypanosoma cruzi excreted-secreted antigens in an endemic area for Chagas' disease in Bolivia

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2007-02-01
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Zarate-Blades, Carlos Rodrigo
Blades, Nelly
Nascimento, Marilda Savoia
Silveira, Jose Franco da
Umezawa, Eufrosina Setsu
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The diagnostic performance of Tiypanosoma 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. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 57, n. 2, p. 229-232, 2007.
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