Impact of stage differentiation on diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-70

  Gross, Uwe ^a   Holpert, Mathias ^a   Goebel, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bradyzoite; Diagnosis; Persistence; Recombinant antigens; Tachyzoite; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 4744349088     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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