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FDA approves first supplemental test for Chagas disease
« on: November 19, 2011, 12:27:46 AM »
FDA approves first supplemental test for Chagas disease
18 November 2011, 1:28 pm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first test for use as an additional, more specific test on human serum or plasma specimens found to be positive for antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). T. cruzi causes Chagas disease, a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection.

Source: Food and Drug Administration--Press Releases


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