Prevalence of IgG and IgM anti-Toxoplasma antibodies in patients with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: María de la Luz Galván Ramírez, Virginia Valdez Alvarado, Gustavo Vargas Gutierrez, Octavio Jiménez González, Carlos García Cosio, Marcos Vielma Sandoval
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1997
• Subjects: Anticorpos anti-Toxoplasma; SIDA; HIV; Toxoplasmosis; Anti-Toxoplasma antibodies; AIDS; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Sida
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821997000600004; https://doaj.org/article/51d8d1d17ea44af4ad6f2503213163e0

With the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Toxoplasma gondii has arisen as an important opportunist pathogenic agent, especcially in the central nervous system, being the most common cause of intracerebral lesions. The in...