Trypanosoma cruzi loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Trypanosoma cruzi Loopamp) kit for detection of congenital, acute and Chagas disease reactivation.

• Main Authors: Susana A Besuschio (Author), Albert Picado (Author), Arturo Muñoz-Calderón (Author), Diana P Wehrendt (Author), Marisa Fernández (Author), Alejandro Benatar (Author), Zoraida Diaz-Bello (Author), Cecilia Irurtia (Author), Israel Cruz (Author), Joseph M Ndung'u (Author), María L Cafferata (Author), Graciela Montenegro (Author), Sergio Sosa Estani (Author), Raúl H Lucero (Author), Belkisyole Alarcón de Noya (Author), Silvia A Longhi (Author), Alejandro G Schijman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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A Trypanosoma cruzi Loopamp kit was recently developed as a ready-to-use diagnostic method requiring minimal laboratory facilities. We evaluated its diagnostic accuracy for detection of acute Chagas disease (CD) in different epidemiological and clinical scenarios. In this retrospective study, a conv...