Difference of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies between Thai and Austrian pregnant women

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-41

  Sukthana, Yaowalark ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0033084809     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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