Performance of six diagnostic tests to screen for Chagas disease in blood banks andprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among donors with inconclusive serologyscreening based on the analysis of epidemiological variables

OBJECTIVE: The frequent occurrence of inconclusive serology in blood banks and the absence of a gold standard test for Chagas'disease led us to examine the efficacy of the blood culture test and five commercial tests (ELISA, IIF, HAI, c-ELISA, rec-ELISA) used in screening blood donors for Chaga...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Gilberto de Araujo, Louzada-Neto, Francisco, Barbosa, Valdirene de Fátima, Ferreira-Silva, Márcia Maria, de Moraes-Souza, Helio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3460406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23049443
http://dx.doi.org/10.5581/1516-8484.20120074

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