Prevalence and estimated incidence of Toxoplasma infection among pregnant women in Poland: A decreasing trend in the younger population

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 913-917

  Nowakowska, D ^a   Stray Pedersen, B ^b   Spiewak E ^a   Sobala, W ^c   Malafiej E ^a   Wilczynski J ^a  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Congenital disease; IgG; IgM; Pregnancy; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33746608995     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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