Congenital toxoplasmosis in Israel: To screen or not to screen

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-122

  Miron, Dan ^a   Raz, Raul ^a   Luder, Anthony ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital toxoplasmosis; Pregnancy; Screening; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; SPIRAMYCIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISRAEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 0036184884     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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