Susceptibility of pregnant women to toxoplasma infection - Potential benefits for newborn screening

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Ferguson, W ^a   Mayne, P D ^a,b,c   Lennon, B ^a   Butler, K ^a,b,c   Cafferkey, M ^a,b  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; BLOOD; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 55249083515     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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