Observations on the use of TESA blot for the serological diagnosis of Chagas' disease
TESA blot was compared with indirect hemagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence and ELISA tests. In sera from 30 participants infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and in 30 non infected the four techniques produced entirely equivalent results, all positive and all negative, respectively. In cases adm...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2005-11, Vol.38 (6), p.534 |
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Zusammenfassung: | TESA blot was compared with indirect hemagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence and ELISA tests. In sera from 30 participants infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, and in 30 non infected the four techniques produced entirely equivalent results, all positive and all negative, respectively. In cases admitted to be inconclusive or in visceral leishmaniasis, frequent false positives were detected. However, TESA blot contributed with the least proportion of them. |
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ISSN: | 0037-8682 1678-9849 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S0037-86822005000600019 |