False-positive results of a rapid K39-based strip test and Chagas disease

Vicente Amato Neto, Valdir Sabbaga Amato, Felipe Francisco Tuon, Érika Gakiya, Cláudia Regina De Marchi, Regina Maia de Souza, Célia Regina Furuchó

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2008 · 19 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The rapid test based on recombinant K39 is a useful diagnostic assay, and a false-positive result rarely occurs in patients with a serological diagnosis of Chagas disease.

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