Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunoblotting, and PCR for diagnosis of toxoplasmic chorioretinitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3537-3541

  Villard, Odile ^a,d   Filisetti, Denis ^a   Roch Deries, Florence ^a   Garweg, Justus ^c   Flament, Jacques ^b   Candolfi, Ermanno ^a  

^a Inst Parasitol et de Pathol Trop   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA CHORIORETINITIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0042524425     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3537-3541.2003     Document Type: Article

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