Performance of European laboratories testing serum samples for Toxoplasma gondii

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Petithory, J C ^a   Reiter Owona, I ^b   Berthelot, F ^a   Milgram, M ^a   De Loye, J ^a   Petersen, E ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE GONESSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STAINING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030051899     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01586184     Document Type: Article

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