title: [Toxoplasma infection and toxoplasmosis. Possibilities and limitations of serological diagnosis (author's transl)].
abstract: Compared with the technically complicated Sabin-Feldman Test (SFT), the indirect immunofluorescene test (IFT), which has now been tested for the dection of toxoplasma-specific antibodies, offers considerably more favorable conditions for routine diagnosis. With the differentiation of IgM and IgG antibodies, the IFT opens up a possibility for the delimitation of acute  and chronic clinically irrelevant latent stages of infection in particular, which, in comparision with the information in this regard from the SFT and complement fixation reactions is based on other immunological principles. A definitive differentiation between clincally manifest toxoplasmosis and toxoplasms infections, however, cannot be brought about serologically in this way.
mesh_terms: D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008751:Methylene Blue; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008751:Methylene Blue
vernacular_title: Toxoplasmainfektion und Toxoplasmose. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der serologischen Diagnostik