Effect of testing for IgG avidity in the diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women: Experience in a US reference laboratory

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1248-1253

  Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a,b,c   Montoya, Jose G ^a,b   Kinney, Sandra ^a   Press, Cynthia ^a   Remington, Jack S ^a,b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035871787     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319672     Document Type: Article

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