A multihousehold study reveals a positive correlation between age, severity of ocular toxoplasmosis, and levels of glycoinositolphospholipid-specific immunoglobulin A

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Portela, Ricardo W D ^a,b   Bethony, Jeffrey ^b,d   Costa, Maria I ^c   Gazzinelli, Andréa ^a   Vitor, Ricardo W A ^a   Hermeto, Flavio M ^b   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^b   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de Misericordia de Goiania   (Brazil)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 3042850582     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421505     Document Type: Article

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