IgG avidity test for the diagnosis of acute toxoplasma gondii infection in early pregnancy

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Abolghasem, Shabnam Pour ^a   Bonyadi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Babaloo, Zohre ^b   Porhasan, Abolfazl ^c   Nagili, Behroz ^c   Gardashkhani, Omid Ali ^c   Salehi, Parviz ^c   Hashemi, Mohammad ^c   Varshoghi, Mojtaba ^c   Gaffari, Gafar Olade ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute toxoplasmosis; Avidity; Igg; Igm; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AVIDITY TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84856431250     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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