%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluaci¨®n de una prueba r¨¢pida para el diagn¨®stico de la infecci¨®n por Trypanosoma cruzi en suero
%A LORCA
%A MYRIAM
%A CONTRERAS
%A MAR¨ªA DEL CARMEN
%A SALINAS
%A PATRICIA
%A GUERRA
%A ALICIA
%A RAYCHAUDHURI
%A SYAMAL
%J Parasitolog¨ªa latinoamericana
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0717-77122008000100005
%X we tested a rapid diagnostic test (rdt) to detect trypanosoma cruzi infection using a total of 284 human sera, some of them from provedcases ofchagas disease (n = 145) and healthy individuals from non-endemic areas (n = 139). another group included was non chagasic serum samples of individuals of other parasitic and non parasitic disease (n = 56), all of them with known serological test results. the rdt had a specificity of 99,3% and a sensitivity of 99,3%. the agreement with elisa and ifat was 98,2%. according to the results and the feasibility of the rdt should be an ideal tool for screening purposes in disease surveillance and intervention programs ofchagas disease.
%K chagas disease
%K rapid diagnostic test
%K trypanosoma cruzi.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-77122008000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en