57320-4

Trypanosoma cruzi Ab [Presence] in Serum or Plasma by Immunoassay

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Part Description

LP14287-4   Trypanosoma cruzi
The kinetoplastid protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the organism that causes Chagas disease. It was discovered in 1909 in Brazil by Carlos Chagas. T cruzi is transmitted to mammals, birds, and reptiles by many of the over 130 species of triatomine bugs. T cruzi can be found in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The highest density of vector diversity of T cruzi is in the western United States where woodrats are its most common reservoir. Other animals that harbor T cruzi include raccoons, skunks, and coyotes. Infection with T cruzi may be mild or asymptomatic, or rarely can be acute with severe inflammation of the heart muscle, the brain, and the lining around the brain. Approximately 8 million people are infected with T cruzi in Mexico, Central America, and South America, of whom 20-30% will develop symptoms and possibly life-threatening disease. T cruzi is visible on thin or thick blood smears during the acute phase of infection. There are also serological tests used to diagnose past or present infection with T cruzi.[https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/treatment.html] PMID: 21976603 Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Trypanosoma cruzi Ab

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

Ser/Plas

Scale

Ord

Method

IA

Additional Names

Short Name

T cruzi Ab SerPl Ql IA

Display Name

T. cruzi Ab IA Ql

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Trypanosoma cruzi antibody, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class

MICRO

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 2.29

Last Updated

Version 2.73

Change Reason

Release 2.69: SYSTEM: Testing can be performed on serum or plasma specimens.; Previous Releases: The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.; The EIA method, which was always intended to cover more than just enzyme-linked immunoassay and whose display name for the long common name has always been Immunoassay, was renamed IA in order to eliminate ambiguity about whether the method has a broader meaning than just enzyme-linked immunoassay. Likewise, EIA.rapid was renamed IA.rapid. These changes were approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

Common Test Rank Get Info

12172

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Related Names

• ABS
• Aby
• Antby
• Anti
• Antibodies
• Antibody
• Autoantibodies
• Autoantibody
• Chagas disease
• EIA
• ELFA
• ELISA
• Enzyme immunoassay
• IAA
• ID
• Infectious Disease
• InfectiousDisease
• MEIA
• Microbiology
• Ordinal
• Pl
• Plasma
• Plsm
• Point in time
• PR
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• Screen
• SerP
• SerPl
• SerPlas
• Serum
• Serum or plasma
• SR
• SUDS
• T cruzi
• Trypanosomiasis
• Trypanosomosis

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