Evolution of IgG antibody response against Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst in acute and chronic human infections

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Villavedra, Margarita ^a   Carol, Hernán ^b   Nieto, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acute phase; Bradyzoite antigens; Chronic phase; Diagnosis; T.gondii; Tissue cyst

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032009524     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000200003     Document Type: Article

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