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Screening for toxoplasmosis is sometimes performed while patients are already immunocompromised and have a low or even undetectable IgG titer by routine automated enzyme immunoassays. The aim of this study was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of seven reagents for the detection of low levels of IgG. Sera from 354 patients were collected and analysed. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>: Elecsys<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> offered the best analytic performances, superior to those of Architect<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> and Platelia<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>, which were superior to those of Access II<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> and TGS TA<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>. Vidas II<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> and Liaison II<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> reagents exhibited poor analytical performances in this cohort. 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