Detection of toxoplasmic encephalitis in HIV positive patients in urine with hydrogel nanoparticles.

• Main Authors: Hannah E Steinberg (Author), Natalie M Bowman (Author), Andrea Diestra (Author), Cusi Ferradas (Author), Paul Russo (Author), Daniel E Clark (Author), Deanna Zhu (Author), Ruben Magni (Author), Edith Malaga (Author), Monica Diaz (Author), Viviana Pinedo-Cancino (Author), Cesar Ramal Asayag (Author), Maritza Calderón (Author), Vern B Carruthers (Author), Lance A Liotta (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Alessandra Luchini (Author), Toxoplasmosis working group in Peru and Bolivia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Diagnosis of toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is challenging under the best clinical circumstances. The poor clinical sensitivity of quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for Toxoplasma in blood and CSF and the limited availability of molecular diagnostics and ima...