title: Evaluation of immuno-1 toxoplasma IgG assay in the prenatal screening of toxoplasmosis.
abstract: We evaluated the Immuno-1 (Bayer Diagnostics, Tarrytown, New York, USA) and IMx (Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois, USA) toxoplasma IgG assays in 298 (223 fresh in-house prenatal + 75 supplied by Bayer) specimens over 15 days. Discordant results were resolved by indirect fluorescence assay (Gull Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). The performance of Immuno-1 assay was found to be comparable to the IMx assay. Immuno-1, being a random access analyzer with minimum hands-on time requirements may have an advantage in the overall laboratory efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Chemistry, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, USA.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Okorodudu
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bissell
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D007074:Immunoglobulin G