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ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2009

Antigenemia and specific IgM and IgG antibody responses in rabbits infected with Toxoplasma gondii.

Juan Hua Quan, Hassan Ahmed Hassan, Guang-Ho Cha, Dae-Whan Shin, Young-Ha Lee

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Article in The Korean journal of parasitology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan Hua QuanDepartment of Infection Biology, Research Institute for Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 301-131, Korea.
Hassan Ahmed Hassan
Guang-Ho Cha
Dae-Whan Shin
Young-Ha Lee
Chungnam National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this experiment, the correlation between antigenemia and specific antibody responses in Toxoplasma gondii-infected rabbits was assessed. We injected 1,000 T. gondii tachyzoites (RH) subcutaneously into 5 rabbits. Parasitemia, circulating antigens, and IgM and IgG antibody titers in blood were tested by ELISA and immunoblot. For detection of parasitemia, mice were injected with blood from rabbits infected with T. gondii and mice died between days 2 and 10 post-infection (PI). Circulating antigens were detected early on day 2 PI, and the titers increased from day 4 PI and peaked on day 12 PI. Anti-Toxoplasma IgM antibody titers increased on day 6 PI and peaked on days 14-16 PI. IgG was detected from day 10 PI, and the titers increased continuously during the experiment. The antigenic protein patterns differed during the infection period, and the number of bands increased with ongoing infection by the immunoblot analysis. These result indicated that Toxoplasma circulating antigens during acute toxoplasmosis are closely related to the presence of parasites in blood. Also, the circulating antigen levels were closely correlated with IgM titers, but not with IgG titers. Therefore, co-detection of circulating antigens with IgM antibodies may improve the reliability of the diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis.

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AnimalsAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayImmunoblottingImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MMiceParasitemiaRabbitsTime FactorsToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, AnimalAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MantibodyantigenemiaparasitemiarabbitToxoplasma gondii

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PMID19967092
PMCPMC2788723
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