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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
A survey network for congenital toxoplasmosis (TOXO-NET) was set up in December 1996 in Piedmont (Italy). Participants were asked to classify the infections in pregnant mothers and newborns by the criteria of the European Network on Congenital Toxoplasmosis published by Lebech in 1996. Because the IgG Avidity test is largely employed as a 2nd level test in toxoplasmosis diagnosis and it could be helpful to date infection, the co-ordinators of TOXO-NET suggested including it in the "case definition" of "probable" infection and "unlikely" infection. 117 cases of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy divided into the risk categories under Lebech's criteria were re-examined using the "new" case definitions. 77 out of 117 (65.8%) Toxoplasma gondii infections during pregnancy could be defined with only one serum sample using the IgG Avidity test. The IgG Avidity test proved a useful method to classify the Toxoplasma gondii infections in pregnancy, especially when we had only one serum sample.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1121-7138
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AlfieriRR, pubmed-author:AntoneCC, pubmed-author:BellingeriPP, pubmed-author:BruzzoneTT, pubmed-author:CanepaCC, pubmed-author:CaraccioWW, pubmed-author:CharrierLL, pubmed-author:Collaborating Group, pubmed-author:ColozzaMM, pubmed-author:CoucourdeLL, pubmed-author:CrottiGG, pubmed-author:De RenziGG, pubmed-author:DecaroliVV, pubmed-author:Di NataleCC, pubmed-author:DonatoGG, pubmed-author:FabrisCC, pubmed-author:FerriniAA, pubmed-author:FornoNN, pubmed-author:FrutteroMM, pubmed-author:GeraAA, pubmed-author:GiacomuzziMM, pubmed-author:GinardiCC, pubmed-author:GomellaSS, pubmed-author:GuazzottiG CGC, pubmed-author:LazzaraCC, pubmed-author:LethKK, pubmed-author:LievreM AMA, pubmed-author:MalabailaAA, pubmed-author:MarocchettiPP, pubmed-author:MastracchioGG, pubmed-author:MigliettaLL, pubmed-author:MilaniLL, pubmed-author:Moiraghi RuggeniniAA, pubmed-author:MombròMM, pubmed-author:NicolettaTT, pubmed-author:PascheroM CMC, pubmed-author:PedrazziEE, pubmed-author:RabozziM LML, pubmed-author:RenziNN, pubmed-author:TinivellaFF, pubmed-author:ToppinoMM, pubmed-author:TosettiFF, pubmed-author:ValkoLL, pubmed-author:ZanellaDD, pubmed-author:ZottiCC
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of IgG Avidity test in case definitions of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica & Microbiologia, Torino, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies