Diagnosis of individuals infected by Trypanosoma cruzi is performed mainly by serological
tests using crude antigens, which might crossreact with other infections. In the past ten …

Appropriate selection of donors, use of sensitive screening tests, and the application of a
mandatory quality assurance system are essential to maintain the safety of the blood supply …

Background—Very few studies have measured disease penetrance and prognostic factors
of Chagas cardiomyopathy among asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi–infected persons …

Five commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), one in-house
ELISA, and two hemagglutination assays were evaluated to determine their diagnostic …

This review aims to update and discuss the main challenges in controlling emergent and
reemergent forms of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission through organ transplantation, blood …

BACKGROUND: Evaluation of commercially available test kits for Chagas disease for use in
blood bank screening is difficult due to a lack of large and well‐characterized specimen …

During the course of chronic chagasic infection, low parasitemia levels prevent parasite
detection by current techniques such as hemoculture and xenodiagnosis. Since serologic …

BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion is one of the most important transmission routes of
Chagas' disease, a major parasitic infection in Latin America. Therefore, screening for …

State of the Art tations and mortality due to Chagas' heart disease. However, no clear-cut
epidemiological picture of Chagas' heart disease is yet available, due to the lack of …

Trypanosomiases are diseases caused by various species of protozoan parasite in the
genus Trypanosoma, each presenting with distinct clinical manifestations and prognoses …