Recognition of different toxoplasma antigens by IgM and IgG antibodies in mothers and their congenitally infected newborns

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 1020-1024

  Remington, Jack S ^a   Araujo, Fausto G ^a   Desmonts, Georges ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0022413990     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/152.5.1020     Document Type: Article

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