Performance levels of four Latin American laboratories for the serodiagnosis of Chagas disease in Mexican sera samples
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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104(5): 797-800, Aug. 2009. tab
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
In nearly all of the previous multicentre studies evaluating serological tests for Trypanosoma cruzi infection, sera samples from Central or South American countries have been used preferentially. In this work we compared the reliability of the serological tests using Mexican sera samples that were evaluated in four independent laboratories. This included a reference laboratory in Brazil and three participant laboratories, including one in Central America and two in Mexico. The kappa index between Brazilian and Honduran laboratories reached 1.0 and the index for the Mexican laboratories reached 0.94. Another finding of this study was that the source of antigen did not affect the performance of the serological tests.
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Assunto principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Testes Sorológicos
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Anticorpos Antiprotozoários
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Doença de Chagas
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Laboratórios
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Antígenos de Protozoários
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América Central
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América do Sul
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Brasil
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Honduras
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México
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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Honduras
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México
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto Nacional Cardiología I. Chávez/MX
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Secretaria de la Salud/HN
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Universidad Autónoma Campeche/MX
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/MX
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Universidade Federal de Goiás/BR
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