The evaluation of interleukin-8 chemokine in chronic and acute Toxoplasma gondii infection

Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Nejad, Mohammad Rostami ^a   Sherafat, Somayeh Jahani ^a   Roshani, Mohammad ^a   Telkabadi, Mohammad ^b   Lahmi, Farhad ^a   Cheraghipour, Kourosh ^c   Kaboli, Ali Reza ^a   Alavi Moghaddam, Mostafa ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Lorestan Veterinary Office   (Iran)

Author keywords

IL8; Pregnancy; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 79952141725     PISSN: 20082258     EISSN: 20084234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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