Immunoglobulin M (IgM)-glycoinositolphospholipid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: An immunoenzymatic assay for discrimination between patients with acute toxoplasmosis and those with persistent parasite-specific IgM antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1400-1405

  Giraldo, Mónica ^a   Portela, Ricardo W D ^a   Snege, Mirian ^a   Leser, Paulo G ^a   Camargo, Mário E ^a   Mineo, José Roberto ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOINOSITOLPHOSPHOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSHATIDYLINOSITOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0036208035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1400-1405.2002     Document Type: Article

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