Cellular immunity to Toxoplasma gondii in congenitally infected newborns and immunocompetent infected hosts

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Fatoohi, A F ^a   Cozon, G J N ^a   Wallon, M ^a   Kahi, S ^b   Gay Andrieu, F ^b   Greenland, T ^b   Peyron, F ^b  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLONAL ANERGY; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0037362525     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0903-9     Document Type: Article

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