Prevalence and incidence of toxoplasma infection in HIV-positive patients in the Czech Republic

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Kodym, Petr ^a   Hrdá, Štěpánka ^a   Machala, Ladislav ^b   Rozsypal, Hanuš ^b   Staňková, Marie ^b   Malý, Marek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 33751366320     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00215.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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