European multicenter study of the LIAISON automated diagnostic system for determination of Toxoplasma gondii-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM and the IgG avidity index.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 2005

Authors

Eskild Petersen1, Maria Victoria Borobio, Edward Guy, Oliver Liesenfeld, Valeria Meroni, Anne Naessens, Emma Spranzi, Philippe Thulliez

Author Affiliations

1: WHO/FAO International Centre for Research and Reference on Toxoplasmosis, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. eskildp@dadlnet.dk

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