Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of reactivated Chagas disease in HIV patients could be lifesaving. In Latin America, the diagnosis is made by microscopical detection of the T. cruzi parasite in the blood; a diagnostic test that lacks sensitivity. This study evaluates if levels of T. cruzi antigens in ur...

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Published in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Castro-Sesquen, Yagahira E., Gilman, Robert H., Mejia, Carolina, Clark, Daniel E., Choi, Jeong, Reimer-McAtee, Melissa J., Castro, Rosario, Valencia-Ayala, Edward, Flores, Jorge, Bowman, Natalie, Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo, Torrico, Faustino, Liotta, Lance, Bern, Caryn, Luchini, Alessandra
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4768913/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26919324
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004407
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