Evaluation of the ELISA-F29 test as an early marker of therapeutic efficacy in adults with chronic Chagas disease Avaliação do tratamento tripanossomicida em coorte de adultos chagásicos crônicos através de técnicas sorológicas convencionais e ELISA-F29

Evaluation of the ELISA-F29 test as an early marker of therapeutic efficacy in adults with chronic Chagas disease Avaliação do tratamento tripanossomicida em coorte de adultos chagásicos crônicos através de técnicas sorológicas convencionais e ELISA-F29

This work compared the time at which negative seroconversion was detected by conventional serology (CS) and by the ELISA-F29 test on a cohort of chronic chagasic patients treated with nifurtimox or benznidazole. A retrospective study was performed using preserved serum from 66 asymptomatic chagasic...

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Main Authors: Diana Fabbro, Elsa Velazquez, Maria Laura Bizai, Susana Denner, Verónica Olivera, Enrique Arias, Carlos Pravia, Andrés M. Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chemotherapy
Diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000300167

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