Correlation between specific IgM levels and percentage IgG-class antibody avidity to Toxoplasma gondii

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-242

  Leite, Marcel ^a   Siciliano, Sonia ^a   Rocha, Lucia Silvieri A ^a   Justa, Maria Teresa R ^a   César, Katia Regina ^a   Granato, Celso F H ^a  

^a Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avidity; Congenital toxoplasmosis; IgM; Serological diagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 52649161857     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652008000400010     Document Type: Article

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