How to improve the early diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection: relationship between validated conventional diagnosis and quantitative DNA amplification in congenitally infected children.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Jacqueline Bua (مؤلف), Bibiana J Volta (مؤلف), Alina E Perrone (مؤلف), Karenina Scollo (مؤلف), Elsa B Velázquez (مؤلف), Andres M Ruiz (مؤلف), Ana M De Rissio (مؤلف), Rita L Cardoni (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: According to the Chagas congenital transmission guides, the diagnosis of infants, born to Trypanosoma cruzi infected mothers, relies on the detection of parasites by INP micromethod, and/or the persistence of T. cruzi specific antibody titers at 10-12 months of age. METHODOLOGY AND PRINC...