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

• Main Authors: Karina E Egüez (Author), Julio Alonso-Padilla (Author), Carolina Terán (Author), Zenobia Chipana (Author), Wilson García (Author), Faustino Torrico (Author), Joaquim Gascon (Author), Daniel-Franz (Author), María-Jesús Pinazo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...