Specific anti-Toxoplasmic IgG antibody immunoblot profiles in patients with AIDS-associated Toxoplasma encephalitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-56

  Raffi, François ^a   Franck, Jacqueline ^a   Pelloux, Hervé ^a   Derouin, Francis ^a   Reliquet, Véronique ^a   Ambroise Thomas, Pierre ^a   Aboulker, Jean Pierre ^a   Leport, Catherine ^a   Dumon, Henri ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0032934005     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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