Utility of immunoblotting for early diagnosis of toxoplasmosis seroconversion in pregnant women

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1908-1912

  Jost, C ^a   Touafek, F ^a   Fekkar, A ^a,b,c   Courtin, R ^a   Ribeiro, M ^a   Mazier, D ^a,b,c   Paris, L ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEROCONVERSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 80455129019     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05303-11     Document Type: Article

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