Serological evidence of acute Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in Cascavel, Paraná;Evidência sorológica da infecção aguda pelo Toxoplasma gondii em gestantes de Cascavel, Paraná

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 628-634

  Mioranza, Sônia De Lucena ^a,b,d   Meireles, Luciana Regina ^a   Mioranza, Eduardo Luís ^c   De Andrade Jr , Heitor Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Prefeitura Municipal de Cascavel   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IgG avidity; Immunodiagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349113385     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000600014     Document Type: Article

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