Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among pre-schoolchildren aged 1-5 years in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Western Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 446-449

  Fan, Chia Kwung ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^b   Su, Kua Eyre ^c   Sung, Fung Chang ^d   Chiou, Hung Yi ^a   Gil, Vilfrido ^e   dos Reis Ferreira, Maria da Conceicao ^f   de Carvalho, Jose Manuel ^g   Cruz, Claudina ^e   Lin, Yu Kuan ^b   Tseng, Lian Fen ^h   Sao, Ke Yun ^a   Chang, Wen Cheun ^h   Lan, Hung Shue ^c   Chou, Shing Hsien ^h  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Ministry of Hygiene   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^f Center of Epidemiology   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^g National Center for Health Care of Women and Children   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^h Medical Mission of Taiwan   (Sao Tome and Principe)

Author keywords

Latex agglutination test; Pre schoolchildren; Sao Tome and Principe; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33644837129     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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