Toxoplasma-IgM and IgG-avidity in single samples from areas with a high infection rate can determine the risk of mother-to-child transmission

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-98

  Reis, Myrian Morussi ^a,b,c,d   Tessaro, Maria Madalena ^a   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^b  

^a Hospital Materno Infantil Presidente Vargas   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c Fundaao Faculdade Federal de Ciencias Medicas de Porto Alegre e Centro de Neuroendocrinologia   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital toxoplasmosis; IgG avidity; Serology for toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLUOROMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

EID: 33646711445     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000200007     Document Type: Article

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