{"title":"A study of IgM antibodies in diagnosis of acute infection by Toxoplasma gondii in Spain","authors":"J. Gutiérrez, M. Rodriguez, C. Maroto","doi":"10.1016/S0888-0786(96)80004-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A study of two ELISA methods (Eti-toxok-M, Sorin; Vidas Toxo IgM, bioMerieux) and one agglutination (Toxo Isaga, bioMerieux) was carried for the detection of specific IgM antibodies to <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> in Southern Spain in different population groups. For diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis ELISA methods showed 100% sensitivity, 99.4% specificity, 12% predictive value positive and 100% predictive value negative. Toxo Isaga showed 100% sensitivity, 99.5% specificity, 15% predictive value positive and 100% predictive value negative.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101161,"journal":{"name":"Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease","volume":"8 2","pages":"Pages 85-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0888-0786(96)80004-7","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Serodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Infectious Disease","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888078696800047","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A study of two ELISA methods (Eti-toxok-M, Sorin; Vidas Toxo IgM, bioMerieux) and one agglutination (Toxo Isaga, bioMerieux) was carried for the detection of specific IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Southern Spain in different population groups. For diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis ELISA methods showed 100% sensitivity, 99.4% specificity, 12% predictive value positive and 100% predictive value negative. Toxo Isaga showed 100% sensitivity, 99.5% specificity, 15% predictive value positive and 100% predictive value negative.