Specific antibody levels in the aqueous humor and serum of two distinct populations of patients with ocular toxoplasmosis

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Garweg, Justus G ^a   Sobottka Ventura, Angela C ^b   Halberstadt, Markus ^a   Silveira, Claudio ^c   Muccioli, Cristina ^b   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^b   Jacquier, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Clinica Silveira   (Brazil)

^d ParaDiag   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibody coefficient; Host specific factors; Local immune response; Ocular toxoplasmosis; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 22544465558     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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