		Technical Data
T8075-20	Toxoplasma gondii

Description:
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.

Application(s): Suitable for use in IFA, ELISA, Immunoblotting.

Recommended Dilution:
Suggested starting ranges are 1:10-1:50 for IFA, Western Blot and 1:20-1:200 for ELISA.

Type	Isotype	Clone	Grade
Mab	IgG2a	1.B.515	Affinity Purified

Size		Storage	Shipping	Source	Host
100ug		-20°C	Blue Ice		Mouse

Concentration:

~0.1mg/ml

Immunogen:

Toxoplasma gondii

Purity:

Affinity purified from ascites fluid or culture medium by protein A chromatography or sequential differential precipitations.

Form

Supplied as a liquid in PBS, pH 7.4, 0.1% sodium azide.

Specificity:

Recognizes SAG-1 30kD membrane protein.

Intended for research use only. Not for use in human, therapeutic, or diagnostic applications.