Does vertical transmission contribute to the prevalence of toxoplasmosis?

Parassitologia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-226

  Hide, G ^a   Gerwash, O ^a   Morley, E K ^a   Huw Williams, R ^a   Hughes, J M ^a   Thomasson, D ^a   Elmahaishi, M S ^b   Elmahaishi, K H ^b   Terry, R S ^c   Smith, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Misurata Central Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital transmission; Human; Sheep; Toxoplasmosis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 54449098382     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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