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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2021

Geographic Variations in Test Reactivity for the Serological Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.

Carine Truyens, Eric Dumonteil, Jackeline Alger, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Alvaro Ciganda, Luz Gibbons, Claudia Herrera, Sergio Sosa-Estani, Pierre Buekens

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Carine Truyens *Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, and ULB Center for Research in Immunology (UCRI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Eric Dumonteil *Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane Universitygrid.265219.b, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9376-0209
Jackeline AlgerInstituto de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitología Antonio Vidal, Departamento de Laboratorio Clínico, Hospital Escuela, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, UNAH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Maria Luisa CafferataUnidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo (UNICEM), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Alvaro CigandaUnidad de Investigación Clínica y Epidemiológica Montevideo (UNICEM), Montevideo, Uruguay.
Luz GibbonsInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Claudia HerreraDepartment of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and Vector-Borne and Infectious Disease Research Center, Tulane Universitygrid.265219.b, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9009-4201
Sergio Sosa-EstaniDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative-Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pierre BuekensDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane Universitygrid.265219.b, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Tulane University · USUniversidad de Montevideo · UYConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARInstituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria · ARUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BE

Funding

Development of Improved Serological Diagnostic and Parasite Genotyping Tools for Congenital Chagas DiseaseR01HD094955 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI Claudia P Herrera · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
Congenital Transmission of Lineages I and II of Trypanasoma cruziR01AI083563 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BUEKENS, PIERRE · 2010 to 2014
$2.7M
Short-course Benznidazole Treatment to Reduce Trypanosoma cruzi Parasitic Load in Women of Reproductive Age: A Non-inferiorityRandomized Controlled TrialR01HD095857 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI BUEKENS, PIERRE, CAFFERATA, MARÍA LUISA · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083563NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD094955NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD095857NIH HHS R01AI083563NIH HHS R01HD94955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease is a neglected disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites. Most diagnosis is based on serological tests, but the lack of a gold standard test complicates the measurement of test performance. To overcome this limitation, we used samples from a cohort of well-characterized T. cruzi-infected women to evaluate the reactivity of two rapid diagnostic tests and one enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Our cohort was derived from a previous study on congenital transmission of T. cruzi and consisted of 481 blood/plasma samples from Argentina (

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Chagas DiseaseTrypanosoma cruziAntibodies, ProtozoanEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansSerologic TestsAntibodies, ProtozoanChagas diseasediagnostic performancediagnosticsELISArapid testreactivityserologystrain diversity

Identifiers

PMID34469183
PMCPMC8601237
OpenAlexW3198455658

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