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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Main Authors: Aulísia Maria Vieira Duarte, Hélida Monteiro de Andrade, Semíramis Jamil Hadad do Monte, Vicente de Paulo Coelho Peixoto de Toledo, Tânia Mara Pinto Dabés Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2006-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822006000400014