Assessment of the value of detecting specific IgA antibodies for the diagnosis of a recently acquired primary Toxoplasma infection

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 749-752

  Nascimento, Fernanda Santos ^a   Suzuki, Lisandra Akemi ^a   Rossi, Cláudio Lúcio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IgA; Serological diagnosis; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 49949106850     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2052     Document Type: Article

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