Use of an Immunoglobulin G Avidity Assay Based on Recombinant Antigens for Diagnosis of Primary Toxoplasma gondii Infection during Pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5414-5418

  Beghetto, Elisa ^a   Buffolano, Wilma ^b   Spadoni, Andrea ^a   Del Pezzo, Mariassunta ^b   Di Cristina, Manlio ^a   Minenkova, Olga ^a   Petersen, Eskild ^d   Felici, Franco ^a,c   Gargano, Nicola ^a  

^a Kenton Laboratories   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GRA3 ANTIGEN; GRA7 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MIC3 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; SAG1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0347480120     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5414-5418.2003     Document Type: Article

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