International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

G. Schijman, Alejandro; Bisio, Margarita; Orellana, Liliana; Sued, Mariela; Duffy, Tomás; María Mejía‐Jaramillo, Ana; Cura, Carolina; Auter, Frederic; Véron, Vincent; Qvarnström, Yvonne; Deborggraeve, Stijn; Hijar, Gisely; Zulantay, Inés; Horacio Lucero, Raúl; Velázquez, Elsa; Tellez, Tatiana; Sanchez Leon, Zunilda; Maria da Cunha Galvão, Lúcia; Nolder, Debbie; M. Monje Rumi, María; Eduardo Levi, José; David Ramírez, Juan; Zorrilla, Pilar; Flóres-Chávez, María; I. Jercic, Maria; Crisante, Gladys; Áñez, Néstor; Maria de Castro, Ana; Isabel González, Clara; Y. Acosta-Viana, Karla; Yachelini, Pedro; Torrico, Faustino; Robello, Carlos; Diosque, Patricio; Triana Chávez, Omar; Aznar, Christine; Russomando, Graciela; Büscher, Philippe; Assal, Azzedine; Guhl, Felipe; Sosa Estani, Sérgio; J. da Silva, Alexandre; Britto, Constança; O. Luquetti, Alejandro; Ladzins, Janis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000931

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International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Jan 11, 2011

Authors:

Alejandro G. Schijman

Margarita Bisio

Liliana Orellana

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A century after its discovery, Chagas disease still represents a major neglected tropical threat. Accurate diagnostics tools as well as surrogate markers of parasitological response to treatment are research priorities in the field. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performan...

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DNA extraction

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Biology

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