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chagas disease
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 6:12 am
by deleted-564412
i want to track the kissing bug population in my area and i would like to see if any have the parasite that causes chagas disease. how should i go about this? what type of equipment/supervision would i need?
Re: chagas disease
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:09 am
by deleted-554106
Currently, there are a few different methods which are used in order to diagnose T. cruzi infections (parasite responsible for causing Chagas disease), these include: serological methods (for example ELISA assays and immunoblotting techniques), quantitative PCR (qPCR), xenodiagnoses and microscopy.
You might find the below websites useful.
http://www.elisakits.co.uk/chagas-trypa ... elisa-kit/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 9317301141
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC228976/