Prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in Turkish blood donors

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-261

  Yazar, Suleyman ^a   Eser, Bülent ^a   Yay, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Toxoplasma gondii; Turkey

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33845733595     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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