Active control of congenital toxoplasmosis in the population

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-268

  Palicka P ^a   Slaba H ^a   Zitek, K ^b  

^a District Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Spontaneous abortion; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0031759056     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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