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Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Performance of an immunoenzymatic assay for Cryptosporidium diagnosis of fecal samples
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Autores: |
Marques,Fabiana Rangel
Cardoso,Luciana Ventura
Cavasini,Carlos Eugênio
Almeida,Magali Carmem de
Bassi,Nair Aparecida
Almeida,Margarete Teresa Gottardo de
Rossit,Andréa Regina Baptista
Machado,Ricardo Luiz Dantas
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Data: |
2005-02-01
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Ano: |
2005
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Palavras-chave: |
Parasites
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Cryptosporidium diagnosis
Brazil
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Resumo: |
We evaluated the diagnostic performance of a Cryptosporidium immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA). Fecal samples were collected from 94 HIV-seropositive patients. All specimens were processed with a commercially-available ELISA to detect C. parvum specific coproantigen and with a modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain (ZNm) microscope exam. Overall, sensitivity of the immunoenzymatic test was 100%, with a specificity of 96%; positive and negative predictive values were 89% and 100%, respectively. The commercial ELISA and ZNm proved to be valuable diagnostic tools for Cryptosporidium infection.
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702005000100002
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Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702005000100002
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Formato: |
text/html
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Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.9 n.1 2005
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Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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