Seroprevalence and sources of Toxoplasma infection among indigenous and immigrant pregnant women in Taiwan

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Lin, Ya Ling ^b   Liao, Yen Shun ^c   Liao, Long Ren ^d   Chen, Fei Na ^b   Kuo, Hsiu Maan ^b   He, Shiping ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Nantou County Government   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 43049148281     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0928-1     Document Type: Article

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