Production and evaluation of toxoplasma gondii recombinant GRA7 for serodiagnosis of human infections

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-238

  Selseleh, Mina ^a   Keshavarz, Hossein ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Shojaee, Saeedeh ^a   Selseleh, Monavar ^a   Eshragian, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mansouri, Fatemeh ^a   Modarressi, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ELISA; Recombinant GRA7; Serodiagnosis; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT TOXOPLASMA GONDII GRA7 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84865399733     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.3.233     Document Type: Article

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