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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 performance of PCR methods in detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA by an external quality evaluation.
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Public Library of Science
Citation
SCHIJMAN, Alejandro G. et al. International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. v.5, n.1, e931, 13p, Jan. 2011.
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1935-2727
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AUTHORS - Alejandro G. Schijman1*, Margarita Bisio1, Liliana Orellana2, Mariela Sued2, Toma ´s Duffy1, Ana M. Mejia Jaramillo3, Carolina Cura1, Frederic Auter4, Vincent Veron5, Yvonne Qvarnstrom6, Stijn Deborggraeve7, Gisely Hijar8, Ine ´s Zulantay9, Rau ´l Horacio Lucero10, Elsa Velazquez11, Tatiana Tellez12, Zunilda Sanchez Leon13, Lucia Galvão14, Debbie Nolder15, Marıa Monje Rumi16, Jose ´ E. Levi17, Juan D. Ramirez18, Pilar Zorrilla19, Marı ´a Flores20, Maria I. Jercic21, Gladys Crisante22, Nestor Añez22, Ana M. De Castro23, Clara I. Gonzalez24, Karla Acosta Viana25, Pedro Yachelini26, Faustino Torrico12, Carlos Robello19, Patricio Diosque16, Omar Triana Chavez3, Christine Aznar5, Graciela Russomando13, Philippe Bu ¨scher7, Azzedine Assal4, Felipe Guhl18, Sergio Sosa Estani27, Alexandre DaSilva6, Constanc¸a Britto28, Alejandro Luquetti29, Janis Ladzins30
AFFILIATIONS - 1Laboratorio de Biología Molecular de la Enfermedad de Chagas (LabMECh), Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Gene ´tica y Biologı ´a Molecular (INGEBI-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Grupo Chagas, Universidad de Antioquia, Medelín, Colombia, 4French Blood Services, La Plaine Saint Denis, Paris, France, 5Laboratorio Hospitalario, Universidad de Parasitología, Cayene, French Guiana, 6Department of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, 7Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 8Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Peru ´, 9Facultad de Medicina, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 10Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Chaco, Argentina, 11Instituto Nacional de Chagas, Fatala Chabe ´n, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12Centro Universitario de Medicina Tropical, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 13Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción del Paraguay, Paraguay, 14Faculdade de Farmácia, Petrópolis, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 15London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Department of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom, 16Laboratorio de Patologı ´a Experimental, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina, 17Blood Bank, Hospital Sirio Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil, 18Centro de Investigaciones en Microbiologı ´a y Parasitologı ´a Tropical, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 19Instituto Pasteur, Montevideo, Uruguay, 20Centro de Mahahonda, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España, 21Sección Parasitologıa, Instituto Nacional De Salud, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 22Centro de Investigaciones Parasitológicas ‘‘J.F. Torrealba,’’ Universidad de los Andes, Me ´rida, Venezuela, 23Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Sau ´de Pu ´blica (IPTSP), Universidade Federal de Goia ´s, Goia ˆnia, Brazil, 24Grupo de Inmunologı ´a y Epidemiologı ´a Molecular (GIEM), Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 25Departamento de Biomedicina de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias Laboratorio de Biologıía Celular, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales (CIR) ‘‘Dr Hideyo Noguchi,’’ Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Yucatan, México, 26Instituto de Biomedicina, Universidad Católica de Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, 27Centro Nacional de Diagno ´stico e Investigación de Endemoepidemias (CeNDIE) ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbra ´n, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Doenças Endêmicas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 29Laboratoório de Pesquisa de Doença de Chagas, Goiânia, Brazil, 30Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization (WHO), Geneve, Switzerland.
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