Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among veterinary staff in Ontario, Canada (2002): Implications for teratogenic risk

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Shuhaiber, Samar ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a   Boskovic, Rada ^a   Einarson, Thomas R ^a   Soldin, Offie Porat ^a   Einarson, Adrienne ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CAT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; TERATOGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 2442660339     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-3-8     Document Type: Article

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