Serodiagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis using a recombinant form; of the dense granule antigen GRA6 in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Parasitology Research

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 700-706

  Redlich, Anke ^a   Müller, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031704999     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050473     Document Type: Article

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