Evaluation of a rapid ELISA technique for detection of circulating antigens of Toxoplasma gondii

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-187

  Chen, Rui ^a,d   Lu, Shaohong ^a   Lou, Di ^a   Lin, Aifen ^a   Zeng, Xiaojun ^b   Ding, Zhenyin ^b   Wen, Liyong ^a   Ohta, Nobuo ^c   Wang, Jinfu ^d   Fu, Cuie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulating antigen; Sandwich ELISA; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD DONOR; BREAST MILK; BRUGIA MALAYI; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARAGONIMUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TOXOPLASMA;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRUGIA MALAYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARAGONIMUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREMATODA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 51449086945     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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