Higher prevalence of toxoplasmosis in victims of traffic accidents suggest increased risk of traffic accident in Toxoplasma-infected inhabitants of Istanbul and its suburbs

Forensic Science International

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a   Oner, Yasar Ali ^b   Turksoy, Recep ^c   Babur, Cahit ^d   Cakan, Huseyin ^e   Sahip, Nilgun ^b   Unal, Ali ^f   Ozaslan, Abdi ^e   Kilic, Selcuk ^d   Saribas, Suat ^a   Aslan, Mustafa ^a   Taylan, Aysegul ^d   Koc, Sermet ^e   Dirican, Ahmet ^a   Uner, Huseyin Bulent ^e   Oz, Vecdet ^e   Ertekin, Cemalettin ^a   Kucukbasmaci, Omer ^a   Torun, Müzeyyen Mamal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Capa Anadolu High School   (Turkey)

^d Parasitology Laboratory Ankara   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f IETT Office of the General Management   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Latent toxoplasmosis; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

DYE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROIMMUNOFLOURESCENCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SABIN FELDMAN TEST; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 64249158269     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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