Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in a healthy population from Slovakia

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 470-473

  Studeničová, Carmen ^a   Benčaiová, Gabriela ^b   Holková, Renata ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Risk factor; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SLOVAKIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

EID: 33750700016     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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