Diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients in Brazil: importance of molecular and immunological methods using peripheral blood samples.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on October 01, 2005

Authors

Fabio A Colombo1, José E Vidal, Augusto C Penalva de Oliveira, Adrián V Hernandez, Francisco Bonasser-Filho, Roberta S Nogueira, Roberto Focaccia, Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Parasitology, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

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