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16482817

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
This study compares the levels of specific antibodies IgM and IgA for Chagas in samples of blood from newborns. Three groups of cord blood samples have been analysed: a group of 42 samples from newborns, displaying positive parasitemia, of seropositive mothers (M+B+), 68 samples from newborns with negative parasitemia whose mothers were seropositive (M+B-) and a group of 45 control newborns coming from mothers with negative serology for Chagas. From the 42 M+B+ samples with congenital Chagas disease, 81 and 82.9% displayed detectable levels of IgM and IgA antibodies, respectively In the M+B- group, 70.6 and 33.8% presented antibodies of IgM and IgA classes, respectively, whereas in the control group M-B-, we detected 6% and 11.1% of IgM and IgA antibodies, respectively. The calculated sensitivity of detection of congenital cases using IgM or IgA antibodies was of 82.9% and 80.9% respectively, whereas the specificity of detection was of 29.4% for IgM antibodies and of 66.1% for IgA antibodies.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0037-8682
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Serum levels for IgM and IgA antibodies to anti-trypanosoma cruzi in samples of blood from newborns from mothers with positive serology for Chagas disease].
pubmed:affiliation
CUMETROP/LABIMED, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), Cochabamba, Bolivia. patriciarohe@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract