FDA approves first supplemental test for Chagas disease

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Title: FDA approves first supplemental test for Chagas disease

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FDA approves first supplemental test for Chagas disease

11/18/2011 02:28 PM EST

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.

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