Prevalence of IgG antibodies specific to Toxoplasma gondii among blood donors in Recife, Northeast Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-231

  Coêlho, Raquel A L ^a   Kobayashi, Masashi ^b   Carvalho Jr , Luiz B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Human; Recife; Seroepidemiology; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 18244422267     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000400011     Document Type: Article

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