Strategies for detecting toxoplasma immunity...reprinted from the British Journal of Biomedical Science 2003 with permission of the publisher
A strategy for identifying toxoplasma immunity in pregnancy must provide good evidence of immunity but not falsely reassure; that for immunocompromised patients should' identify immunity and also the risk of reactivated toxoplasmosis. Using sera from both of these patient groups, the performance of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Continuing Education Topics & Issues Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 38 - 43 |
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| Formato: | CEU exam questions research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Medical Technologists
Jan2005
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