VIDAS test for avidity of toxoplasma-specific immunoglobulin G for confirmatory testing of pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2504-2508

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

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036301680     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2504-2508.2002     Document Type: Article

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