Waterborne toxoplasmosis, Brazil, from field to gene

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 326-329

  De Moura, Lenildo ^a   Garcia Bahia Oliveira, Lilian Maria ^b   Wada, Marcelo Y ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^c   Tuboi, Suely H ^a   Carmo, Eduardo H ^a   Ramalho, Walter Massa ^a   Camargo, Natal J ^d   Trevisan, Ronaldo ^d   Graça, Regina M T ^e   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^c   Moura, Iaci ^c   Dubey, J P ^f   Garrett, Denise O ^c  

^a Ministério de Saúde   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Secretaria de Estado da Saude do Parana   (Brazil)

^e Laboratorio Central de Saude Publica   (Brazil)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FIELD STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33644526947     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1202.041115     Document Type: Article

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