A probable outbreak of toxoplasmosis among boarding school students in Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 672-674

  Doganci, L ^a   Tanyuksel, M ^a   Araz, E R ^a   Besirbellioglu, B A ^a   Erdem, U ^a   Ozoguz, C A ^b   Yucel, N ^a   Ciftcioglu, A ^c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Army Medical Corps   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cat exposure; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Outbreak; Serological tests; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33744946578     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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