Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in primigravida women in Hamadan, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2004

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-171

  Fallah, M ^a   Rabiee, S ^a   Matini, M ^a   Taherkhani, H ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COOKERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOOD HABITS; FOOD HANDLING; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; IRAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 44449124080     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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