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  • Title: [Detection of toxoplasma-specific IgA and IgM antibodies in serum samples of adults with acquired toxoplasma infection].
    Author: Saathoff M, Seitz HM.
    Journal: Z Geburtshilfe Perinatol; 1992; 196(5):221-3. PubMed ID: 1299086.
    Abstract:
    In a study of persons with and without toxoplasmosis, IgA-ISAGA (immunoglobulin A-immunosorbent agglutination assay) was found to be specific. However, serum samples from subjects recently infected wtih toxoplasma were less reliable than the DNR test (IgM-ISAGA by the original method, 1981) and the IgM-IIFT. On the other hand, some serum samples from persons infected for up to a year or longer were IgA-positive. The IgA-ISAGA should therefore not be included in serodiagnosis in pregnancy as a substitute for IgM-ISAGA or IgM-IIFT, but, if at all, in addition to them.
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