Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients.

• Главные авторы: Yagahira E Castro-Sesquen (Автор), Robert H Gilman (Автор), Carolina Mejia (Автор), Daniel E Clark (Автор), Jeong Choi (Автор), Melissa J Reimer-McAtee (Автор), Rosario Castro (Автор), Edward Valencia-Ayala (Автор), Jorge Flores (Автор), Natalie Bowman (Автор), Ricardo Castillo-Neyra (Автор), Faustino Torrico (Автор), Lance Liotta (Автор), Caryn Bern (Автор), Alessandra Luchini (Автор), Chagas/HIV Working Group in Bolivia and Peru (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Early diagnosis of reactivated Chagas disease in HIV patients could be lifesaving. In Latin America, the diagnosis is made by microscopical detection of the T. cruzi parasite in the blood; a diagnostic test that lacks sensitivity. This study evaluates if levels of T. cruzi antigens in uri...