Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in a low-income community in the São Paulo municipality, SP, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Francisco, Fabio De Moraes ^a   De Souza, Silvio Luís Pereira ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^a   Pinheiro, Sonia Regina ^a   Muradian, Vanessa ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Humans; Seroprevalence; Toxocara canis; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; POVERTY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 33746016957     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000300009     Document Type: Article

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