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We tested the sensitivity and specificity of this method in normal and affected individuals attending the Evandro Chagas Hospital, Rio de Janeiro. The results of these tests were compared with serological diagnosis performed using standard techniques, and in some cases with xenodiagnosis. We found that none of the serologically negative individuals gave any specific amplification product, whereas 55 out of 61 patients previously serodiagnosed as chagasic were positive using the PCR method (sensitivity: 90%). Xenodiagnosis, which is currently considered to be the most sensitive parasitological technique for Chagas' disease diagnosis, detected only 12 out of 28 serologically positive patients (sensitivity: 43%). The usefulness of the PCR method was further investigated with chagasic patients who had received anti-parasite treatment with benznidazole. 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