Risk factors for infection with Toxoplasma gondii for residents and workers on swine farms in Illinois

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 793-798

  Weigel, R M ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Dyer, D ^a   Siegel, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032900713     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.793     Document Type: Article

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