Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis: More than two decades of development and evaluation

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 505-512

  Abdul Ghani, Rashad ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMNION FLUID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URINALYSIS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79955932944     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2245-8     Document Type: Review

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