Recent trends in molecular diagnostics for Toxoplasma gondii infections

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-176

  Switaj, Karolina ^a   Master, A ^b   Skrzypczak, M ^b   Zaborowski, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b DNA Research Institute   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Genotyping; Molecular; PCR; Review; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 14844357205     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01073.x     Document Type: Review

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