Highly endemic, waterborne toxoplasmosis in North Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-62

  Garcia Bahia Oliveira, Lilian Maria ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b   Azevedo Silva, Juliana ^a   Alves, Cristiane C F ^a   Oréfice, Fernando ^c   Addiss, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0037237484     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0901.020160     Document Type: Article

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