Predictive value of latex agglutination test in serological screening for Toxoplasma gondii

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 314-318

  Sukthana, Yaowalark ^a   Chintana, Thaiyooth ^a   Supatanapong, Waraporn ^a   Siripan, Chutatip ^a   Lekkla, Amorn ^a   Cheabchalrad, Rachatawan ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0035379371     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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