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Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis.

Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):923-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200857
Wilson M; McAuley JB; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control,; Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract: Toxoplasmosis is usually diagnosed in the clinical laboratory by detecting antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, and only rarely by isolating the parasites. A number of serologic tests are used; each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The methods of diagnosis and their interpretations differ for each clinical category of infection.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Animal Diagnosis, Laboratory/TRENDS Human Immunocompromised Host Immunologic Tests Toxoplasma/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/IMMUNOLOGY/*PATHOGENICITY Toxoplasmosis/*DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Toxoplasmosis, Congenital/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Toxoplasmosis, Ocular/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complicationsanimaldiagnosis,laboratory/trendshumanimmunocompromisedhostimmunologicteststoxoplasma/growth&development/immunology/KWDpathogenicitytoxoplasmosis/KWDdiagnosis/epidemiology/etiology/immunologytoxoplasmosis,congenital/diagnosis/epidemiology/immunologytoxoplasmosis,ocular/diagnosis/epidemiology/immunologyjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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