Seroprevalence of IgG anti-toxoplasma antibodies in asymptomatic patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1149-1150

  Naito, Toshio ^a   Inui, Akihiro ^a   Kudo, Nagako ^a   Matsumoto, Naomi ^a   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^a   Isonuma, Hiroshi ^a   Sekigawa, Iwao ^a   Dambara, Takashi ^a   Hayashida, Yasuo ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; HIV; Japan; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 34548409214     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.6402     Document Type: Article

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