… In the Strout method (91), around 5 mL of blood is collected without an anticoagulant and
left at 37C or room temperature to coagulate. Once the clot is formed, the serum is transferred …

… date was potentially an explanatory variable, and so it was derived by (a) averaging the
survey’s start and end years, or (b) using one of those two dates if the other was missing, or (c) …

… Annual mean temperatures range from 16 C in the southern counties to 5 C in the north
of the province, though maximum and minimum temperatures can reach 39 C and-16 C, …

… /cutoff value for ELISAr (B), and 1 relative light unit/cutoff value for Architect Chagas (C). The
dotted line in panel C indicates the point of the 6 relative light units/cutoff value on the y axis. …

… follows: one step of 10 min at 95C, and 40 cycles of 95C for 15 s, and 58C for 1 min [40]. A …
step of 15 min at 95C, and 45 cycles of 95C for 15 s, 60C for 30 s, and 72C for 30 s. A sample …

Background Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease (CD), a potentially fatal disease
characterized by cardiac disorders and digestive, neurological or mixed alterations. T. cruzi is …

… For example, allele C at position 1479 was present in strains isolated from China, India,
Israel, Yemen, Turkey, Ukraine, eastern Africa and countries around the Mediterranean basin, …

… Samples were collected during the period from April 2003 to December 2015 and stored at
−40C. The mothers of the newborns were identified by two serological assays, according to …

Background More than six million people worldwide, particularly in vulnerable communities
in Latin America, are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas …

… The tubs were centrifuged at room temperature and the serum was frozen and stored at −40
C until use. Filter papers … C. Ballart was awarded a PhD student grant of the EDEN project. …