Analytical Evaluation of Dried Blood Spot and Rapid Diagnostic Test as a New Strategy for Serological Community Screening for Chronic Chagas Disease

Analytical Evaluation of Dried Blood Spot and Rapid Diagnostic Test as a New Strategy for Serological Community Screening for Chronic Chagas Disease

BackgroundChagas disease is a public health problem not only in Latin America, but also in other regions, including Spain, due to migration movements. Conventional serological diagnosis requires an invasive sample (plasma or serum) and a well-equipped laboratory. To circumvent those limitations, blo...

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Main Authors: Aroa Silgado, Lídia Gual-Gonzalez, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Lidia Goterris, Nuria Serre-Delcor, Juliana Esperalba, Jordi Gomez-i-Prat, Candela Fernández-Naval, Israel Molina, Tomas Pumarola, Elena Sulleiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Trypanosoma cruzi
dried blood spot (DBS)
rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
serological screening
community strategies
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.736630/full

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