title: [Commercial reagents in the diagnosis of Chagas' disease].
abstract: The great diversity of commercially available products for the serologic diagnosis of Chagas disease led us to conduct a study of these products in comparison with the indirect immunofluorescence test. Percent agreement between methods ranged from 79 to 100%, the details for each product being given in the text. Better control of commercially available diagnostic products is recommended.
authors: Laboratorio de Referencia de Parasitología, Universidad de Chile, Hospital Luis Calvo Mackenna, Santiago.
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authors: Astorga
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authors: Herskovic
mesh_terms: D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
vernacular_title: Reactivos comerciales en el diagnóstico de la enfermedad de Chagas.