Rapid diagnostic tests duo as alternative to conventional serological assays for conclusive Chagas disease diagnosis.

• Hoofdauteurs: Karina E Egüez (Auteur), Julio Alonso-Padilla (Auteur), Carolina Terán (Auteur), Zenobia Chipana (Auteur), Wilson García (Auteur), Faustino Torrico (Auteur), Joaquim Gascon (Auteur), Daniel-Franz (Auteur), María-Jesús Pinazo (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It affects several million people, mainly in Latin America, and severe cardiac and/or digestive complications occur in ~30% of the chronically infected patients. Disease acute stage is mostly asymptomatic and infection goes undiagnosed. In...