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Combined parasitological and molecular-based diagnostic tools improve the detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in single peripheral blood samples from patients with Chagas disease.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Volpato Fabiana Caroline Zempulski, Sousa Giovane Rodrigo, D'Ávila Daniella Alchaar, Galvão Lúcia Maria da Cunha, Chiari Egler
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INTRODUCTION: In order to detect Trypanosoma cruzi and determine the genetic profiles of the parasite during the chronic phase of Chagas disease (ChD), parasitological and molecular diagnostic methods were used to assess the blood of 91 patients without specific prior treatment. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 68 patients with cardiac ChD and 23 patients with an indeterminate form of ChD, followed by...
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