IgG and IgM western blot assay for diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 757-761

  Machado, Anderson S ^a   Andrade, Gláucia M Q ^a   Januário, José N ^a   Fernandes, Matheus D ^a   Carneiro, Ana Carolina A V ^a   Carneiro, Mariângela ^a   Carellos, Ericka V M ^a   Romanelli, Roberta M C ^a   Vasconcelos Santos, Daniel V ^a   Vitor, Ricardo W A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital toxoplasmosis; Macular toxoplasmosis; Western blot

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958011938     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600005     Document Type: Article

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