Recent Primary Toxoplasma Infection Indicated by a Low Avidity of Specific Igg

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 736-740

  Hedman, Klaus ^a   Lappalainen, Maija ^a   Seppäiä, I1kka ^a   Miikelä, Oui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECURRENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0024602576     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/159.4.736     Document Type: Article

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