title: Assessment of IgG & IgM, ELISA and IFAT in diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in pregnancies at risk.
abstract: This study was carried out on 100 pregnant cases, divided into 5 groups of patients having congenitally malformed newborns, suffering from stillbirths, premature labours, repeated abortions and control group. The incidence of positive Toxoplasma antibodies was higher in the congenital malformation and stillbirths groups than other groups. Analysis of the results showed that an excellent correlation exists between ELISA and IFAT with a minimal differences (less than 5%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaafar
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: el-Fakahany
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan