Seroprevalence of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii and the associated risk factors, in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 316-321

  Kamani, J ^a   Mani, A U ^b   Egwu, G O ^b   Kumshe, H A ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749089204     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485909X435094     Document Type: Article

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