Staining Toxoplasma Gondii with Fluorescein-labelled Antibody

Staining Toxoplasma Gondii with Fluorescein- Labelled Antibody Ii. a New Serologic Test for Antibodies to Toxoplasma Based Itpon Inhibitioi~ O]~ Specific Staining

STAINING TOXOPLASMA GONDII WITH FLUORESCEINo LABELLED ANTIBODY I. Tm~ REACTION IN SMEARS OF PERITONEAL EXUDATE BY MORRIS GOLDMAN, Sc.D

Toxoplasma gondii is a small organism which ordinarily is difficult to identify in tissue sections unless it occurs in clusters known as pseudocysts. A staining method specific for the organism would therefore be of value in the microscopic study of lesions suspected of being caused by this species. Since fluorescein-labelled antibody can be used to stain homologous organisms specifically (refe...

Toxoplasma gondii serosurvey in Golden Jackals from Golestan province, Iran

Toxoplasma gondii as an apicomplexan zoonotic parasite is able to infect humans and almost all other warm-blooded animals. Wild and domestic felids are the main definitive hosts. Also, canids such as dogs and jackals have been introduced as mechanical vectors since T. gondii oocysts can pass their intestinal tract and spread by feces in environment. Toxoplasmosis is a common zoonotic disease in...

Latex agglutination test for detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii.

A resurgence of interest in Toxoplasma gondii has occurred because this coccidian parasite causes lethal infections in immunologically compromised hosts and is responsible for at least 3,000 congenitally infected infants in the United States annually. Thus, rapid, specific, and inexpensive serologic tests are required for routine screening of patients, especially pregnant women. We have develop...

Coinfection of Toxoplasma Gondii and Intestinal Parasites among Elderly Immunocompromised Patients

Introduction: Patients with cancer and hemodialysis are prone to opportunistic infections. The present research aims to examine the frequency of Toxoplasmosis and intestinal parasites in these patients. Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, seventy stool and blood samples from immunocompromised patients (46 hemodialysis and 24 cancer patients) from Guilan Province were collected in 20...