Toxoplasmosis screening and risk factors amongst pregnant females in Natal, northeastern Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-382

  Barbosa, Isabelle Ribeiro ^a   de Carvalho Xavier Holanda, Cecília Maria ^b   de Andrade Neto, Valter Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Onofre Lopes University Hospital   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Immunoenzyme techniques; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 61749085484     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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