Perinatal toxoplasmosis, northern Taiwan [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1460-1461

  Hu, I Jan ^a,b   Chen, Pau Chung ^b   Su, Feng Chiao ^b   Hsieh, Chia Jung ^b   Jeng, Suh Fang ^b   Liao, Hua Fang ^b   Su, Yi Ning ^a,b   Lin, Shio Jean ^c   Hsieh, Wu Shiun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33748990623     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.060033     Document Type: Letter

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