Discrimination between patients with acquired toxoplasmosis and congenital toxoplasmosis on the basis of the immune response to parasite antigens

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2018-2022

  Yamamoto, Joyce H ^a   Vallochi, Adriana Lima ^a   Silveira, Claudio ^b   Kalil Filho, Jorge ^a   Nussenblatt, Robert B ^e   Cunha Neto, Edécio ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^d   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^b   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Transplante E J Zerbini   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034131525     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315494     Document Type: Article

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