Pregnancy as a risk factor for acute toxoplasmosis seroconversion

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Avelino, Mariza Martins ^a,b   Campos Jr , Dioclécio ^a   De Parada, Josetti Do Carmo Barbosa ^a   De Castro, Ana Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Edifício Morada do Bosque ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women; Contaminant elements; Host animals; Risk factors; Vehicles of oocyst transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0037402734     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00353-6     Document Type: Article

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