Serological study of Toxoplasma gondii in kidney recipients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1137-1141

  Sukthana, Yaowalark ^a   Chintana, Thaiyooth ^a   Damrongkitchaiporn, Somnuek ^b   Lekkla, Amorn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Kidney Recipients; Toxoplasma Gondii Antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; TIME; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEAT; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0035431862     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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