Seroprevalence of antibodies to toxoplasma gondii, with particular reference to obstetric history of patients in rawalpindi - Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 56-58

  Pal, Riaz Ahmcd ^a   Qayyutn, Mazhar ^a   Yaseen, Muhammad ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TOXOPLASMA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0030090604     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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