Assessment of the IgA immunosorbent agglutination assay for the diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis on a series of 145 toxoplasmic seroconversions

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 456-458

  Murat, J B ^a,b   Souvignet, A ^a   Fricker Hidalgo, H ^a   Brenier Pinchart, M P ^a,b   Bost Bru, C ^a   Pelloux, H ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IGA IMMUNOSORBENT AGGLUTINATION ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84925445007     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00666-14     Document Type: Article

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