Outbreak of ocular toxoplasmosis in Coimbatore, India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-131

  Palanisamy, Manikandan ^a   Madhavan, Bhaskar ^a   Balasundaram, Manohar ^a   Andavar, Raghuram ^a   Venkatapathy, Narendran ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Outbreak; Retinitis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RETINITIS; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33745316222     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.25839     Document Type: Article

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