Seroepidemiology of infection with Toxoplasma gondii in waste pickers and waste workers in Durango, Mexico

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 306-312

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a,c   Liesenfeld, O ^b   Marquez Conde J A ^a   Cisneros Camacho, A ^a   Estrada Martinez S ^a   Martinez Garcia S A ^a   Gonzalez Herrera A ^a   Garcia Corral N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UJED ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Toxoplasma gondii; Waste pickers; Waste workers

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOONOSES;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 47349103464     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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