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Review
. 2004 Mar;42(3):941-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.941-945.2004.

Recent developments for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

Jack S Remington  1 , Philippe Thulliez, Jose G Montoya
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Review

Recent developments for diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

Jack S Remington et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Mar.
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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
IgG and IgM Western blots of serum from a mother (m) and her newborn (b). Sera were drawn from mother and baby when the baby was 2 days of age. Arrows point to bands in the blot of the serum of the baby that were not present in the corresponding blot of the serum from the mother. Serologic test results for the mother were as follows (the baby’s results are in parentheses): for the Dye test, 8,000 (4,096); for the IgM ELISA, 2.9 (for the IgM ISAGA, 3), both positive; for the IgA ELISA, 1.8 (1.3), both positive; for the IgE ELISA: negative (positive); for the PCR on placental tissue, negative. Toxoplasma was isolated from the placental tissue.
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