Incidence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in 35,940 pregnant women in Norway and pregnancy outcome for infected women

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2900-2906

  Jenum, Pål A ^a,b   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^b   Melby, Kjetil K ^c   Kapperud, Georg ^a,d   Whitelaw, Andrew ^e   Eskild, Anne ^a   Eng, Jan ^a  

^a Department of Bacteriology ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINITIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PARASITE INCIDENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031659287     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.2900-2906.1998     Document Type: Article

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