Avidity of IgG antibodies against excreted/secreted antigens of Toxoplasma gondii: immunological marker for acute recent toxoplasmosis Avidez de anticorpos IgG anti-antígeno de secreção e excreção de Toxoplasma gondii: marcador imunológico de toxoplasmose aguda recente

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Patrícia Regina Barboza Araújo, Antonio Walter Ferreira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008
• Subjects: Toxoplasmose; Sorologia; Avidez; Antígenos de secreção-excreção; Toxoplasmosis; Serology; Avidity; Excreted/secreted antigens; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Aguda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822008000200002; https://doaj.org/article/19dec27cf4bf40c5a30cc7de95df9286

Detection of anti-toxoplasma IgM antibodies has frequently been used as a serological marker for diagnosing recently acquired toxoplasmosis. However, the persistence of these antibodies in some patients has complicated the interpretation of serological results when toxoplasmosis is suspected. The pu...