"Improvement of the Slide Hemagglutination Test for Rapid Chagas' Disease Screening in Epidemiological Surveys."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, "Correspondence A slide hemagglutination test, here called SHAT, which is practical and economical for seroepidemiological surveys was standardized. This is an improved modification of the rapid hemagglutination test (RHA) which utilizes a short-lived reagent prepared with fresh blood cells. The reagent and conditions of the test were considerably modified and, most importantly, an alkaline-solubilized Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote antigen reagent is proposed. The stability of the SHAT reagent was at least one year at 4(degree)C, in an appropriate liquid...

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