Current strategies in the laboratory diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis;Aktuelle Grenzen in der Diagnostik der okularen Toxoplasmose

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 330-333

  Garweg, Justus G ^a   Jacquier, Patrick ^b   Fliickiger, Franziska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Paradiag Parasitologisches Labor

Author keywords

Anti Toxoplasma IgA; Antibody avidity; Antibody ratio; DNA amplification; Ocular toxoplasmosis; PCR; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031866799     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034898     Document Type: Article

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