A comparative study of congenital toxoplasmosis between public and private hospitals from Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Segundo, Gesmar Rodrigues Silva ^a   Silva, Deise Aparecida Oliveira ^a   Mineo, José Roberto ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo Simão ^b  

^a Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas   (Brazil)

^b Campus Umuarama   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Congenital infection; Gestational screening; Private hospital; Public hospital; Toxoplasmosis; Uberl ndia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 1642632432     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000100002     Document Type: Article

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