Evaluation of the vitros ECiQ immunodiagnostic system for detection of anti-toxoplasma immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M antibodies for confirmatory testing for acute toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-167

  Kasper, David C ^a,b,c   Prusa, Andrea R ^a   Hayde, Michael ^a   Gerstl, Nicole ^a   Pollak, Arnold ^a   Herkner, Kurt R ^a,b   Reiter Reisacher, Rosmarie ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ^*  (Austria)

^b Research Core Unit (RCU) of Pediatric Biochemistry and Analytics   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SABIN FELDMAN TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VITROS ECIQ IMMUNODIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 58849107839     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01435-08     Document Type: Article

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