Seroprevalence, epidemiology, and ocular evaluation of human toxoplasmosis in a rural area in Jaguapita, Parana, Brazil;Soroprevalencia, epidemiologia e avaliacao ocular da toxoplasmose humana na zona rural de Jaguapita (Parana), Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-163

  Garcia, João Luis ^a   Navarro, Italmar Teodorico ^b,c   Ogawa, Liza ^c   De Oliveira, Rosângela Claret ^c   Kobilka, Edmundo ^c  

^a Servico Munic de Saude de Jaguapita   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MONITORING; RURAL SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; EYE DISEASE; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032887814     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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