objective: toxoplasmosis, caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite, and the toxoplasma gondii, is widespread throughout the world. in recent years, significant progress has been made in the identification of vaccine candidates which could induce a protective response. gra7, an excretory 29 kda toxoplasma gondii a dense granular antigen released by infected host cells. in tachyzoite-infect...

background: serological assay based on dense granular (gra) proteins of toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) is actually the most popular laboratory diagnostic tool to detection of toxoplasmosis. we aimed to construct a recombinant gra7-ptz57rt plasmid vectors that it is suitable for sub-cloning and gra7 protein production. m aterials and methods: souris mice were used for maintaining of t. gondii tac...

Toxoplasma gondii pathogenicity depends on the type derived from a clonal population. A genetic analysis of locus has been carried out to determine different genotypes T. (strain types I, II, and III) that are associated with human toxoplasmosis. The several linked toxoplasmosis have identified through study locus. In this investigation, PCR-RFLP was found be useful, simple method genotypic cha...

The objective of this work was to develop an antibody-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) avidity assay to discriminate between acute and latent phases of Toxoplasma gondii infection by using recombinant antigens. One hundred twenty-one serum samples from women who developed IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma during pregnancy were used. The IgG avidities of antibodies directed against epitopes carri...

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis and is of medical importance in pregnant women and immunosuppressed patients. In recent years, many methods have been developed for the detection of infection caused by this parasite; however, most of the developed methods are not adequately sensitive. The dense granular antigen (GRA) ...

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular obligate protozoan, which infects humans and warm-blooded animals. The aim of the present study was to clone the rop2, gra5 and gra7 genes from T. gondii RH strain and to produce recombinant proteins. The rop2, gra5 and gra7 gene fragments produced by polymerase chain reaction were cloned into the pET102/D-TOPO vector which contains thioredoxin and polyhist...

To improve serodiagnostic methods for the diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis during pregnancy, a new test system has been developed and evaluated based on the use of recombinant antigens. Five recombinant Toxoplasma gondii antigens (ROP1, MAG1, SAG1, GRA7, and GRA8) were cloned in Escherichia coli, purified, and applied directly onto nitrocellulose membranes in a line assay (recomLine Toxoplasma)...