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Insufficient sensitivity of the toxo-test-MT kit for serodiagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients

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  1. Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 860 Bryant Street, 94301, Palo Alto, California, USA

    J. Remington

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305, Stanford, California, USA

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  3. Department of Parasitology, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-Ku, 105, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Suzuki

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Suzuki, Y., Remington, J. Insufficient sensitivity of the toxo-test-MT kit for serodiagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 238–239 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963851

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