IgG avidity in the serodiagnosis of acute Toxoplasma gondii infection: A multicenter study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

  Sensini, Alessandra ^a   Pascoli, Susanna ^b   Marchetti, Daniela ^c   Castronari, Roberto ^a   Marangi, Maurizio ^a   Sbaraglia, Giovanni ^a   Cimmino, Cinzia ^c   Favero, Alberto ^c   Castelletto, Mariarosa ^b   Mottola, Attilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Santa Maria dei Battuti Hospital   (Italy)

^c BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; IgG avidity; Serodiagnosis; T. gondii infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003086499     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00196.x     Document Type: Article

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