Comparison of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and indirect haemagglutination test in serologic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

V L Malhotra; Y Bharadwaj; A Lakshmy; H Kapur; K Prakash

Comparison of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and indirect haemagglutination test in serologic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

J Commun Dis. 1991 Jun;23(2):154-6.

Authors

V L Malhotra¹, Y Bharadwaj, A Lakshmy, H Kapur, K Prakash

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi.

PMID: 1940223

Abstract

The antibody response against Toxoplasma gondii was evaluated by ELISA and indirect haemagglutination test (IHA) in 100 antenatal cases with bad obstetric history. 30 per cent of the cases were found to be positive by the IgM ELISA test and 22 per cent were positive by the IHA test. ELISA was found to be a more specific, reliable and easy test for screening of antenatal cases.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay*
Female
Hemagglutination Tests / methods*
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
Toxoplasmosis / diagnosis*