LDBio-Toxo II immunoglobulin G Western blot confirmatory test for anti-Toxoplasma antibody detection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2334-2338

  Franck, Jacqueline ^a,c   Garin, Yves Jean François ^b   Dumon, Henri ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SABIN FELDMAN TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 49049112695     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00182-08     Document Type: Article

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