Difficulty in dating primary infections by Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women in Tunisia;Difficultés de la datation de la primo-infection par Toxoplasma gondii chez les parturientes en Tunisie

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-87

  Emna, Siala ^a   Karim, Aoun ^a   Mohamed Kouni, Chahed ^a   Aïda, Bouratbine ^a  

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Author keywords

Imoglobulin G avidity; Pregnancy; Serology; Toxoplasmosis; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY INFECTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33744496011     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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