Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in U.S. military recruits in 1989: Comparison with data published in 1965

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1182-1183

  Smith, Karen L ^b   Wilson, Marianna ^b   Hightower, Allen W ^b   Kelley, Patrick W ^b   Struewing, Jeffery P ^b   Juranek, Dennis D ^b   McAuley, James B ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029861345     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1182     Document Type: Article

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