Serological test results from 13 patients with acute Chagas disease in two urban outbreaks Bahia, Brazil, 2006.

n/a: not available.cases 1–5: samples collected on May 5, 10 and 15, 2006 (almost 30 days after exposure); cases 6,7: no samples collected (patients died before Chagas disease was confirmed) [8].cases 8–13: samples collected on October, 8, 2006 (almost 60 days after exposure). Parasitological tests (thick smear or blood culture): samples processed by FIOCRUZ/Bahia and Couto Maia Hospital, Bahia, Brazil); IFAT (Indirect immunofluorescence antibody test): samples processed by LACEN-Bahia, Brazil and FUNED- Minas Gerais, Brazil; ELISA (IgM): samples processed by FUNED- Minas Gerais, Brazil; Elisa with recombinant antigens [20]: samples processed by Edgard Santos University Hospital, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.