Comparative evaluation of the ARCHITECT Toxo IgG, IgM, and IgG Avidity assays for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies detection in pregnant women sera

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Gay Andrieu, Françoise ^a,b   Fricker Hidalgo, Hélène ^c   Sickinger, Eva ^d   Espern, Anne ^a,b   Brenier Pinchart, Marie Pierre ^c,e   Braun, Hans Bertram ^d   Pelloux, Hervé ^c,e  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie   (France)

^d ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Avidity; Diagnosis; IgG, IgM; Pregnant women; Serology; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 71749105724     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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