Polymerase chain reaction and blood culture in blood donors screened by ELISA test for Chagas' disease

The objective of this study was to evaluate, through blood culture and PCR, the results of the ELISA for Chagas' disease in the screening of blood donors in the public blood-supply network of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and to map the epidemiological profile of the donors with respect to their...

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Main Authors: Andréa Tieko Kinoshita-Yanaga, Marta Bértoli, Vanessa Aparecida Martins, Angélica Sayuri Mizutani, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo, Silvana Marques de Araújo, Mônica Lúcia Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000100007

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