Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among inhabitants in the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1157-1158

  Fan, Chia Kwung ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^b   Su, Kua Eyre ^c   Chiou, Hung Yi ^a   Gil, Vilfrido ^d   Ferreira, Maria da Conceicao dos Reis ^e   Tseng, Lian Fen ^f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Ministry of Hygiene   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^e Center of Epidemiology   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^f Medical Mission of Taiwan ^*  (Sao Tome and Principe)

Author keywords

Latex agglutination test; Protozoan antibodies; Risk factors; Sao Tome and Principe; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34648837121     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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