Injection with Toxoplasma gondii protein affects neuron health and survival

Toxoplasma gondii infection affects cognitive function – corrigendum

In the recent issue of Folia Parasitologica (59: 93–98), Guenter et al. (2012) published results of a study showing that the effect of latent toxoplasmosis on cognitive function of 70 subjects cannot be proved to exist using a panel of five neuropsychological tests (Guenter et al. 2012). It must be mentioned that the data (mostly ordinal variables without normal distribution) were analysed eith...

Recombinant scFv Antibodies against P30 Surface Protein of Toxoplasma Gondii

Background & Aims: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate, intracellular parasite, which is widely spread in the world. The parasite is able to infect all warm-blooded hosts including humans and farm animals. The infection in humans often occurs after the ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing tissue cysts. Several methods have been applied to detect this parasite in contaminated foods. Reco...

High-level expression and evaluation of the antigenicity of a recombinant Toxoplasma gondii GRA2 Protein

Toxoplasma gondii

A total of 349 human serum samples were examined for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies by the Murex Single Use Diagnostic System (SUDS) qualitative screening test, indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA), and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Concordant results with SUDS and IHA were obtained for 91.9% of serum samples; 8.9% were SUDS+ and IHA-; none were SUDSand IHA+. Comparison of the SUDS assa...

Toxoplasma gondii

The performance of a direct agglutination test for the detection of toxoplasma specific IgG immunoglobulin was compared with that ofthe latex agglutination test. The direct agglutination test was less sensitive but more specific than the latex agglutination test. Quantitative results were not directly comparable, reflecting the different antibody profiles detected in each assay. The direct aggl...