Fast dipstick dye immunoassay for detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies of human toxoplasmosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 198-201

  Jin, Si ^a,b   Chang, Zhu Yin ^b   Ming, Xu ^b   Min, Cao Li ^c   Wei, He ^b   Sheng, Liang You ^b   Hong, Guan Xiao ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PYROXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPSTICK DYE IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 12544258330     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.1.198-201.2005     Document Type: Article

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