In-house ELISA method to analyze anti-Trypanosoma cruzi IgG reactivity for differential diagnosis and evaluation of Chagas disease morbidity

INTRODUCTION: The goal was to develop an in-house serological method with high specificity and sensitivity for diagnosis and monitoring of Chagas disease morbidity. METHODS: With this purpose, the reactivities of anti-T. cruzi IgG and subclasses were tested in successive serum dilutions of patients...

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Main Authors: Lilian da Silva Santos, Rosália Morais Torres, Girley Francisco Machado-de-Assis, Maria Terezinha Bahia, Helen Rodrigues Martins, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Jordana Grazziela Alves Coelho-dos-Reis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Marta de Lana
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000100008&lng=en&tlng=en