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Observational studyPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Comparative IgG-IgM Western Blot in the Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Valid Diagnostic Tool.

Alice Bonetti, Ambra Vola, Daniele Lilleri, Lucrezia Lo Grasso, Milena Furione, Alessia Arossa, Alessandra Ricciardi, Claudia Viganò, Alessia Bressan, Claudia Pavia and 4 more

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Observational study in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Alice BonettiMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-7304-0391
Ambra VolaMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9657-5084
Daniele LilleriMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7747-7622
Lucrezia Lo GrassoMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Milena FurioneMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Alessia ArossaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Alessandra RicciardiInfectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5784-0770
Claudia ViganòNeonatalogy and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Alessia BressanMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Claudia PaviaMicrobiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Biotechnology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Ovest Milanese, Hospital of Legnano, 20025 Milan, Italy.
Annalisa De SilvestriScientific Direction, Clinical Epidemiology and Biometric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3128-8441
Giulia GambiniScientific Direction, Clinical Epidemiology and Biometric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-0795-7972
Fausto BaldantiMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Diagnostic Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Valeria MeroniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) results from vertical transmission of

Indexed as

Antibodies, ProtozoanBlotting, WesternImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, CongenitalFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, ProtozoanImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin Mcomparative western blotcongenital toxoplasmosisIgM ISAGA

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PMCPMC12943082

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