Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma gondii in healthy subjects less than 30 years old in Santiago, Chile;Seroprevalencia de Citomegalovirus y Toxoplasma gondii en población sana menor de 30 años, en Santiago de Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-538

  Abarca V, Katia ^c   Vial C, Pablo A ^d   Zamorano, Juanita ^a   Paris, Claudia ^b   Ferrés G, Marcela ^d   Villarroel D , Luis ^d   Ferreccio R , Catterina ^d  

^a Hospital de San Fernando   (Chile)

^b Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus infections; Epidemiology; Public health; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILE; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031129670     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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