Toxoplasma is a crescent shaped sporozoan that lives as intracellular parasite in various tissues of vertebrates and completes its life cycle in a single host. It is transmitted via raw/undercooked meat, contaminated soil, or by direct contact. Infection due to Toxoplasma gondii usually occurs in pregnant women where a variable degree of immunosuppression may exist or in patients receiving immunosuppressive drug therapy following organ transplant. Traditionally, Toxoplasma infects tissue of the GI tract where an active infection is accompanied by fever and enlargement of the spleen. Symptoms of toxoplasmosis are generally mild but severe infection of lymph nodes may occur. Congenital toxoplasmosis, in which the maternal infection is transmitted during pregnancy, can produce blindness or mental retardation in the newborn.
Concentrated antigen preparation. Keep frozen.
Inactivated material, however handle material as if it were infectious.
Storage and Stability:Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing and store at -70°C. Aliquots are stable for 6 months after receipt. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap.
仕様
Size：1ml
Source Antigen：RH Strain [Swiss mice]
Grade：Highly Purified
Purity：Highly Purified
Form：Supplied as a liquid in PBS, pH 7.4, 0.1mM AEBSF, 10KIU/ml Aprotinin. No sodium azide present in these antigens. There is a final wash with PBS which eliminates any sodium azide that may have been present early in the preparation of the material.
