Frequency of Specific anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgM, IgA and IgE in Colombian Patients with Acute and Chronic Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Gómez Marín, Jorge Enrique ^b   Montoya de Londoño, Maria Teresa ^c   Castaño Osorio, Jhon Carlos ^c   Heine, Fernando Alvarado ^b   Duque, Ana Maria ^d   Chemla, Cathy ^a   Aubert, Dominique ^a   Bonhomme, Annie ^a   Pinon, Jean Michel ^a  

^a REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDÍO   (Colombia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Human ocular toxoplasmosis; IgA; IgE; IgG; IgM; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0033629296     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000100014     Document Type: Article

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