Seroprevalence of IgG and IgM anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in HIV/AIDS patients, northern Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-274

  Daryani, Ahmad ^a   Sharif, Mehdi ^a   Meigouni, Masoumeh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS patients; Iran; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma antibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957564644     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60084-9     Document Type: Article

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