Foodborne outbreaks of human toxoplasmosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1280-1282

  Choi, Won Young ^b   Nam, Ho Woo ^b   Kwak, No Hoon ^b   Huh, Won ^b   Kim, Yang Ree ^b   Kang, Moon Won ^b   Cho, Seung Yull ^b   Dubey, J P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FANSIDAR; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFONAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEAT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030911994     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593702     Document Type: Article

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