IgG avidity ELISA test for diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis in humans

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-102

  Rahbari, Amir Hossien ^a   Keshavarz, Hossien ^a   Shojaee, Saeedeh ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Rezaeian, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ELISA; IgG avidity test; IgM; Indirect immunofluorescent antibody test; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AVIDITY INDEX; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G AVIDITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRAN; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84862698782     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.99     Document Type: Article

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