Unspecific reactivity of IgM directed against the low-molecular-weight antigen of Toxoplasma gondii

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 418-421

  Dao, A ^a   Azzouz, N ^b   Eloundou Nga, C ^a   Dubremetz, J F ^c   Schwarz, R T ^b   Fortier, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SPHINGOLIPID; TOXOPLASMA GONDII ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSORBENT AGGLUTINATION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0041659188     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0948-9     Document Type: Article

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