Severe acquired toxoplasmosis in immunocompetent adult patients in French Guiana

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4037-4044

  Carme, B ^a   Bissuel, F ^a   Ajzenberg, D ^a   Bouyne, R ^a   Aznar, C ^a   Demar, M ^a   Bichat, S ^a   Louvel, D ^a   Bourbigot, A M ^a   Peneau, C ^a   Neron, P ^a   Darde M L ^a  

^a Serv Hosp Univ Parasitol Mycol   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036840027     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4037-4044.2002     Document Type: Article

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