Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, rubella and cytomegalovirus among pregnant women in southern Turkey

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-234

  Ocak, Sabahattin ^a   Zeteroglu, Sahin ^a   Ozer, Cahit ^a   Dolapcioglu, Kenan ^b   Gungoren, Arif ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANTAKYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33847297519     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600978880     Document Type: Article

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