Chagas Disease: Detection of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> by a New, High-Specific Real Time PCR

Chagas Disease: Detection of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> by a New, High-Specific Real Time PCR

<b> </b>Background: Chagas disease (CD) is a major burden in Latin America, expanding also to non-endemic countries. A gold standard to detect the CD causing pathogen <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i> is currently not available. Existing real time polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCRs)...

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Main Authors: Simone Kann, Meik Kunz, Jessica Hansen, Jürgen Sievertsen, Jose J. Crespo, Aristides Loperena, Sandra Arriens, Thomas Dandekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Chagas diagnosis
Chagas monitoring
Chagas real time PCR
Trypanosoma cruzi
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1517

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