Mother-to-child transmission and diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection during pregnancy

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Singh, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pregnancy; Toxoplasma gondii; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; LIPOSOME; TOXOPLASMA GONDII VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; BABY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAT; COCCIDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS WASTAGE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTEBRATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0042420872     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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