Prevalence of infection with Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women in Cali, Colombia, South America

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-508

  Rosso, Fernando ^a   Les, Jessica T ^b   Agudelo, Alejandro ^c   Villalobos, Carlos ^c   Chaves, José A ^a   Tunubala, Gloria Anais ^d   Messa, Adriana ^c   Remington, Jack S ^b   Montoya, José G ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN VALLE DEL LILI   (Colombia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^d Hospital Joaquín Paz Borrero   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TOXOPLASMA;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 42949171851     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.504     Document Type: Article

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