Recent Developments for Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 941-945

  Remington, Jack S ^a,b   Thulliez, Philippe ^c   Montoya, Jose G ^a,b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RIBOSOME DNA; TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 1542409138     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.941-945.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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