id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-276271-3nz3169p Deborggraeve, Stijn T. cruzi OligoC-TesT: A Simplified and Standardized Polymerase Chain Reaction Format for Diagnosis of Chagas Disease 2009-06-02 .txt text/plain 4732 261 52 cruzi OligoC-TesT: A Simplified and Standardized Polymerase Chain Reaction Format for Diagnosis of Chagas Disease The specificity and sensitivity of the assay were evaluated on blood samples from 60 Chagas non-endemic and 48 endemic control persons and on biological samples from 33 patients, 7 reservoir animals, and 14 vectors collected in Chile. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of the assay on a broad spectrum of biological samples from Chagas non-endemic and endemic control persons, infected children, adults, reservoir animals and vectors. DNA from 25 different Trypanosoma rangeli isolates (Table 1) and from Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Schistosoma mansoni and Plasmodium falciparum was obtained from other research groups. cruzi OligoC-TesT, a simple and standardized dipstick format for detection of PCR amplified T. cruzi OligoC-TesT, a simple and standardized dipstick format for detection of PCR amplified T. ./cache/cord-276271-3nz3169p.txt ./txt/cord-276271-3nz3169p.txt