Comparative study between serological and molecular methods for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in women and small ruminants in Egypt

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Ghoneim, Nahed H ^a   Shalaby, Said I ^b   Hassanain, Nawal A ^b   Zeedan, Gamil S G ^b   Soliman, Youssef A ^c   Abdalhamed, Abeer M ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SABIN FELDMAN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, VIRAL; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RUMINANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TITRIMETRY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 74549171485     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0223     Document Type: Article

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