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Evaluation of 2 lateral flow rapid tests in the diagnosis of chagas disease in the washington metropolitan area

  • Yagahira E. Castro-Sesquen
  • , Antonella Saldaña
  • , Dhayanna Patino Nava
  • , Diana Paulette Evans
  • , Tabitha Bayangos
  • , Kelly Detoy
  • , Alexia Trevino
  • , Rachel Marcus
  • , Caryn Bern
  • , Robert H. Gilman
  • , Kawsar R. Talaat
  • , Carol Avila
  • , Fabiola Camacho
  • , Sdenka Herrera
  • , Andres Jimenez
  • , Veronika Lozano
  • , Edith Malaga
  • , Mariel Merida
  • , Carolina Morales
  • , Rodrigo Solis
  • Fiorella Sotomayor, Alisha Tung, Anna Spector, Manuela Verastegui, Younghee Yang, Fatima Zapata
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Washington Hospital Center
  • University of California San Francisco

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Abstract

We compared the accuracy of the Stat-Pak and Chagas Detect Plus with a latent class analysis. Sensitivity values of 89.7% and 91.9% and specificities of 97.1% and 80.3%, respectively, were seen in the serodiagnosis of Chagas disease in Hispanic immigrants, revealing the limitations of these tests in diverse populations.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberofab096
JournalOpen Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2021

Keywords

  • Latin American immigrants
  • Trypanosoma cruzi
  • chronic Chagas disease
  • lateral flow assay
  • serodiagnosis

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