Seroprevalence of specific total immunoglobulin (Ig), IgG and IgM antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in blood donors from Loei Province, Northeast Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-127

  Pinlaor, Somchai ^a   Ieamviteevanich, K ^a   Pinlaor, P ^a   Maleewong, W ^a   Pipitgool, V ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THAILAND; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034156996     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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