Assessment of chemiluminescence and PCR effectiveness in relation to conventional serological tests for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease Avaliação da eficiência da quimiluminescência e PCR em relação aos testes sorológicos convencionais para o diagnóstico da doença de Chagas
While testing 414 sera for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease, the conventional reactions of indirect hemagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence and the immunosorbent assay showed a sensitivity of 95.7%, 100% and 98.2% and a specificity of 98%, 98% and 96.4%, respectively, and an excellent ass...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2006-08-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822006000400014 |