Seroepidemiological study of toxoplasmosis in different sections of population of Union Territory of Chandigarh

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-22

  Mohan, Balvinder ^a   Dubey, M L ^a   Malla, Nancy ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; TOXOPLASMA; URBAN POPULATION;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038050787     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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