Congenital toxoplasmosis: Specific IgG subclasses in mother/newborn pairs

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-474

  Canedo Solares, Irma ^a   Galván Ramírez, María De La Luz ^b   Luna Pastén, Héctor ^a   Rodríguez Pérez, Laura Rocío ^b   Ortiz Alegría, Luz Belinda ^a   Rico Torres, Claudia Patricia ^a   Vela Amieva, Marcela ^a   Pérez Andrade, Martha ^a   Figueroa DamiÁn, Ricardo ^a   Correa, Dolores ^a,c  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibodies; congenital toxoplasmosis; fetal response; IgG subclasses; placenta

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MOTHER; PROGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PROGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 45849091924     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31816591df     Document Type: Article

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