Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in human adults from three rural communities in Durango state, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 811-816

  Alvarado Esquivel, C ^a   Cruz Magallanes, H M ^a,b   Esquivel Cruz, R ^a,c   Estrada Martinez S ^a   Rivas Gonzalez M ^a,b   Liesenfeld, O ^a,d   Martinez Garcia S A ^a   Ramirez E ^a,c   Torres Castorena, A ^a,b   Castaneda A ^a,b   Dubey, J P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b Mexican Institute of Social Insurance   (Mexico)

^c Health Center of Santa Clara   (Mexico)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMINID; MEAT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAT; COOKING; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GARDENING; GOAT; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAW MEAT; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHEEP; SQUIRREL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

DURANGO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

SCIURIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 51449102352     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1524.1     Document Type: Article

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