Epidemiological survey of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in North-Eastern Brazil using different diagnostic methods


Autoria(s): Figuerêdo-Silva,José; Kaneda,Yoshimasa; Tachibana,Hiroshi; Furushima,Rieko; Tateno,Seiki; Correia-Lima,Fernando Gomes; Bento,Dalva Neves da Costa
Data(s)

01/06/1991

Resumo

A survey of the prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection was carried out in Oitis, a small community in the State of Piaui, Brazil. Two hundred and sixty five individuals were screened by microscopic examination, hémoculture, indirect immunofluorescence (IFA), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (C-ELISA) using the monoclonal antibody TCF87 against to a 25kd T. cruzi antigen. Seropositivity was 14.3% by the IFA test, 14.7% by ELISA, and 13.2% by C-ELISA. The C-ELISA using the TCF87 monoclonal antibody seems to be applicable in serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651991000300005

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto de Medicina Tropical

Fonte

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.33 n.3 1991

Palavras-Chave #Trypanosoma cruzi #Epidemiological survey #Serodiagnosis #Indirect immunofluorescence #Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay #Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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journal article