Prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii among urban and rural residents in the Philippines

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 742-746

  Kawashima, Tadahisa ^a   Khin Sane Win, ^a   Kawabata, Masato ^a   Barzaga, Nina ^b   Matsuda, Hajime ^c   Konishi, Eiji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034575367     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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