Hōʻike ʻo Testsealabs Chagas Antibody IgG/IgM
ʻO ka maʻi Chagas kahi maʻi i lawe ʻia e nā pepeke, zoonotic i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, e alakaʻi ana i ka maʻi ʻōnaehana i loko o ke kanaka me nā hōʻike koʻikoʻi a me nā sequelae lōʻihi. Ua manaʻo ʻia he 16-18 miliona mau kānaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ka make ma kahi o 50,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka maʻi Chagas mau loa (World Health Organization)¹.
Ma ka mōʻaukala, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ke kapa buffy a me ka xenodiagnosis nā ʻano hana maʻamau²˒³ no ka ʻike ʻana i ka maʻi T. cruzi acute. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kēia mau ʻano hana e hoʻopau i ka manawa a i ʻole ka ʻike ʻole.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lilo nā hoʻokolohua serological i mea nui no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka maʻi Chagas. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo nā hoʻāʻo e pili ana i nā antigens recombinant e hoʻopau i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole-he pilikia maʻamau me nā hōʻike antigen maoli⁴˒⁵.
ʻO ka Chagas Antibody IgG/IgM Test he hoʻāʻo antibody koke e ʻike i nā antibodies iā T. cruzi i loko o 15 mau minuke, ʻaʻole koi i nā mea hana kūikawā. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā antigens recombinant T. cruzi-specific, loaʻa i ka hoʻāʻo ka ʻike kiʻekiʻe a me ka kikoʻī.

