Evaluation of the second generation IMx Toxo IgG antibody assay for detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in human sera

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 214-219

  De Champs, Christophe ^a,b   Pelloux, Hervé ^a   Cambon, Monique ^b   Fricker Hidalgo, Hélène ^a   Goullier Fleuret, Andrée ^a   Ambroise Thomas, Pierre ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acquired, congenital, and AIDS related toxoplasmosis; Immunoenzyme techniques; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031011682     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1997)11:4<214::AID-JCLA7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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