The exclusion of recent onset toxoplasma infection in patients with prolonged IgM response by the measurement of IgA and IgG avidity

Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 57-59

  Holliman, R E ^a   Bone, G P ^a   Johnson, J D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avidity; IgA; IgM; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030512483     PISSN: 08880786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-0786(96)80022-9     Document Type: Article

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