Waterborne toxoplasmosis, northeastern Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-289

  Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,b   Meyer Cirkel, Vanessa ^c   Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia ^d   Gomide, Marcia ^a   Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira ^a   Saweljew, Peter ^e   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^e BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33846674870     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1302.060686     Document Type: Article

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