New Vidas assay for Toxoplasma-specific IgG avidity: evaluation on 603 sera

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-172

  Fricker Hidalgo, Hélène ^a   Saddoux, Coralie ^a   Suchel Jambon, Anne Sophie ^b   Romand, Stéphane ^c   Foussadier, Agnès ^b   Pelloux, Hervé ^a   Thulliez, Philippe ^c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

^c Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

Immunodiagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KINETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIDAS ASSAY;

EID: 33749447849     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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